摘要 |
A prosthetic denture and method of manufacture and self-fitting comprising a rigid U-shaped frame bonded into notches in bases of a set of artificial teeth; a deformable metal mesh forming a plate structure for said set of teeth; a soft elastomeric material encapsulating said mesh and bonding it to said set of teeth to form a deformable plate structure, whereby a self-fitting method for installing said set of teeth comprises the coating of said plate structure with uncured elastomeric material, then placing said prosthetic denture in a persons oral cavity and deflecting said deformable plate structure into a set accurately conforming condition with an edentulus ridge in said cavity and allowing said last-mentioned elastomeric material to cure in said accurately conforming condition. |