Partials

Metal Partials | Flexible Partials | VisiClear | Zirlux | Acrylic Flippers

Metal Partials

Each partial denture framework from Mabel Dental Lab uses only the highest quality materials. This guarantees you ideal strength and bio-compatibility, as it is one of the purest forms of chrome cobalt alloy with no nickel and no beryllium. We offer a standard Argen® Argeloy® framework as well as a premium Dentsply Vitallium® 2000 framework. All of our standard frames are fabricated via Selective Laser Melting (SLM). This is done within a purely digital workflow that produces excellent fitting partials. Physical impressions or models are first scanned, then digitally designed and then fabricated via SLM. They are then seated back onto the original stone model. A study by McGill University showed that SLM frames reduced the number of patient problems by 50%! This includes cleanability, tissue irritation and stability. The study also concluded that seating times were much quicker due to reduced adjustment and overall fit. It was also concluded that speech was less affected due to better designs and overall improved function. At this time Vitallium 2000 frames are done via casting and not SLM.

Flexible Partials

We offer high quality TCS® Unbreakable flexible partials. The material is a flexible, biocompatible, thermoplastic nylon with unique physical and esthetic properties. Their translucency and four tissue colors allow the patient’s natural tissue tone to appear through the partial material. With our flexibles, the patient gets a great fitting partial, firm enough to handle the job, yet flexible enough to provide a more comfortable fit. So comfortable, so aesthetic, no one will know a patient is wearing a partial – not even the patient.

The flexible material can also be used in combination with a metal framework to provide increased strength (see below, can be used as a substitute for metal clasps). It is also available with clear clasps and tooth colored clasps and patients really love the natural look. They offer a range of shades to customize not only the denture base, but the clasps. Dentists and patients can choose between pink to blend with the gingival or clear, to help hide the clasps.

• An extremely resilient, high performance nylon thermoplastic
• Aesthetic properties – manufactured to blend naturally with a patient’s surrounding tissue and gums
• Guaranteed unbreakable due to its unique properties
• Stain resistant and biocompatible
• Offers an ideal degree of flexibility (flexibility may vary depending on the thickness of the partial)
• Designed for exceptional memory to hold its form
• Tooth colored clasps: VITA shades A1, A2, A3, A3.5, B1 and bleach only
• A modern fit, lightweight, and durable
• Repairable* and rebasable (*in some situations)
• Millions of successful cases prescribed

Learning Resources

• TCS Unbreakable Flexible Educational Booklet
• TCS Unbreakable Flexible Patient Instructions
• TCS Unbreakable Flexible Shade Guide

VisiClear® Framework

A newer product to Mabel Dental Lab, this clear flexible framework has many advantages. It takes on the color of the surrounding teeth and tissue. Unlike a metal framework, it’s flexibility offers increased patient comfort and satisfaction. VisiClear is resistant to stains, bacteria and odors. Acrylic saddles are added to the final frame allowing relining or repairing of the saddle area only.

The study also concluded that seating times were much quicker due to reduced adjustment and overall fit. It was also concluded that speech was less affected due to better designs and overall improved function. At this time Vitallium 2000 frames are done via casting and not SLM.

Zirlux® Acetal

Zirlux Acetal is a semi-flexible, tooth colored material. It’s ideal for partial denture frameworks and other metal-free removable applications. This highly crystalline acetal copolymer possesses high tensile and flexural strength, fatigue resistance, low friction, low moisture absorption, and excellent dimensional stability. These frameworks are designed and milled from a void-free disc of copolymer using CAD/CAM technology for a precise fit. Flexible partial dentures are tissue borne but Zirlux Acetal resin is different because it is semi-flexible. Its strength allows the manufactured framework to be supported by the existing dentition, much like a metal framework. Clasps are made from the same resin material. They have elastic memory and are designed to engage securely into the natural undercuts of abutment teeth for maximum hold. It has a strength of 90 MPa. You can also add Zirlux Acetal clasps to a metal framework.

Zirlux Acetal is available in VITA shades: A1, A2, A3.5, B1, G2 (bleach shade) and a P1 (pink).

Zirlux Handout

Acrylic Flippers

A removable partial denture consisting of in an all-acrylic base with or without wrought wire clasps. It is used to restore anterior esthetics and maintain tooth position. An acrylic flipper can be used when standard to complex case planning requires diagnostic and prosthetic approval between the doctor and patient.

Metal Partials | Flexible Partials | VisiClear | Zirlux | Acrylic Flippers