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Clinical records for digital denture cases

Use this guide to confirm the records AvaDent needs before you submit a case. Complete records let our design team verify VDO, the bite relationship, impressions or scans, reference records and opposing dentition, so your case moves through the AvaDent workflow without preventable delays.

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Before you submit

Confirm the record set for your case type. Every case needs these five things:

VDO and bite relationshipConfirm the vertical dimension and provide a bite or interocclusal record for the selected workflow.

Impressions or digital scansIntraoral scans, desktop scans, impressions or models, according to the case type and workflow.

Reference recordsThe existing denture, reference denture scans, AvaMeter readings or try-in records, when available.

Opposing dentitionFor single-arch cases, include the opposing arch so the design team can verify occlusion.

A submission pathUpload scan files through the AvaDent Portal, or follow the physical-record shipping protocol for your case.

Records by case type

Case type	Records to confirm before submission	Submission note
Complete dentures	VDO, bite or interocclusal record, impressions or scans, reference denture when available, opposing dentition for single-arch cases	Use the matching digital or physical workflow.
Try-ins	Try-in fit and esthetic notes, bite registration, scan files or physical records, and any AvaMeter or lip-line records the protocol requires	Confirm changes before final design approval.
Overdentures	Implant and attachment information, impressions or scans, bite record, opposing dentition, and physical protocol materials when needed	Follow the overdenture protocol for removable implant cases.
Hybrids	Implant records, verification records, bite record, scans or impressions, and the required physical protocol materials	Confirm hybrid-specific records before submitting.
Immediate dentures	Prescription option, impressions or scans, bite record, existing or reference information, and extraction workflow requirements	Use the immediate denture protocol before you submit.

Not sure which records your case needs? Watch the AvaDent workflow videos, check the matching clinical workflows and protocols, or review the full digital denture workflow before uploading a case.

Complete dentures

Reference denture workflow

Clinical procedure

Establish VDO (vertical dimension of occlusion)

Make a wash impression if needed, using tray adhesive

Reseat and re-verify midline, incisal edge, VDO, lip support, esthetics and bite

Make the bite registration

Digital scan files

Cameo and intaglio of each arch

Bite registration

Single arch: opposing dentition

Physical records

Reference record: try-in, existing or duplicate denture, or bite rim

Bite registration

Single arch: opposing dentition

No reference denture? Start with scans or final impressions, and we make a base plate with a wax rim for the bite.

No reference denture workflow

Immediate dentures

Digital, with an intraoral scanner

Establish VDO

Make the interocclusal record (bite)

Intraoral scan of the maxilla and mandible

Bite scan with the interocclusal record

Send the digital records to AvaDent

Physical records

Establish VDO

Make the interocclusal record (bite)

Alginate impressions and models of the maxilla and mandible

Scan the records, or ship them to AvaDent

Bone reduction: select it on the Rx and enter your measurements; we reduce the bone digitally to match.

Try-ins

About our try-ins

Wagner Try‑In (WTI)

Clinical procedure

Make upper and/or lower impressions

Use the AvaMeter to record the lip line at rest and at a high smile

Select the tooth mould

3-appointment, 90-minute denture protocol (PDF)

What to send

Scans or physical impressions of the upper and/or lower arch

AvaMeter readings for the lip line at rest and at smile

A marked wax rim bite can replace the AvaMeter readings

Mono‑Color & Full‑Color Try‑In (BTI)

Clinical procedure

Establish VDO

Make a wash impression in the reference record (try-in, existing or duplicate denture, or bite rim) using tray adhesive

Reseat and re-verify midline, incisal edge, VDO, lip support, esthetics and bite

Make the bite registration

What to send

Digital: cameo and intaglio of each arch, plus the bite registration

Physical: the reference record with the wash impression, plus the bite registration

Single arch: opposing dentition

Hybrid Try‑In (HTI)

Clinical procedure

Final verified impression, then a verified soft-tissue master cast

Opposing arch impression and cast

Screw-retained existing prosthesis (temporary converted denture) attached to the master cast

Interocclusal record between the existing prosthesis and the opposing arch

Physical records

Mounted verified soft-tissue master cast

Mounted opposing cast

Putty verification matrix

Digital scans:

hybrid and Snap-Pin scanning protocol (PDF)

Overdentures

Digital workflow · 2 visits, 3 with try-in

Light-body wash impression with the LOCATOR abutments or housings in place

Bite scan and a 360° scan of each denture

For NoPick: Zest scan bodies on the abutments, scanned intraorally

Digital overdenture workflow

Analog workflow · 4 visits

Abutment-level impressions over the LOCATORs, capturing the soft tissue

Wax rim with LOCATOR pockets, bite registration and the opposing arch

For NoPick: stone models. Remove all housings before shipping

Analog overdenture workflow

AvaMax LOCATOR FIXED

LOCATOR FIXED workflow

Option 1 · dentures converted

Seated intraoral scan of the upper and lower converted dentures

Bite scan with the converted dentures seated

Both arches scanned with Zest scan bodies, plus 360° extraoral scans of both dentures

Option 2 · dentures not converted

Wash impression over the abutments and tissue; verify VDO, centric relation, esthetics and midline

Bite scan with the dentures seated

Both arches scanned with Zest scan bodies, plus 360° extraoral scans of both dentures

Fixed hybrids AvaMax and solid bar

AvaMax Hybrid workflow

Digital · 3 visits

360° scans of well-fitting dentures or try-ins, seated passively in the same interocclusal record

Soft-tissue scan with the healing abutments in place

Soft-tissue scan with the scan bodies in place

Physical records

A verified final impression and soft-tissue master cast, plus an opposing cast

The screw-retained existing prosthesis (temporary converted denture) attached to the master cast

An interocclusal record between the existing prosthesis and the opposing arch

Snap-Pin dentures

This protocol treats a maxillary or mandibular single arch when a scanner is available at the clinical appointment. The patient’s existing prosthesis is scanned attached to the master cast, then returned to the patient.

Snap-Pin and hybrid records protocol (PDF)

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