ABSTRACT
As has been mentioned above, partial dentures may be completely constructed from acrylic or from a chrome/cobalt skeleton framework on which the artificial teeth are embedded into acrylic held in place on this metal framework. The technique for taking jaw relationships and occlusal or bite records is basically the same as with full dentures, using a temporary base plate and wax rim fitted into the mouth so that an accurate bite registration may be taken. If there are only a few teeth missing and the other teeth interdigitate adequately, then there may be no need to use these temporary base plates and blocks, but simply insert a wax wafer between the biting surface of the teeth so that, when the patient closes together, an accurate record of their relationship may be made. With a large number of teeth remaining in good contact the vertical dimensions of the face remain the same and there is no problem recording the facial height.
