Partial Dentures
Metal Partials | Flexible Partials | VisiClear | DuraCetal | Acrylic Flippers
Why should you choose Mabel Dental Lab as your preferred dental lab? Besides our wide range of high-quality partial dentures, we also make the process as easy as possible for dentists and dental laboratories. We are expert communicators and offer reliable support throughout the entire process, from printing the shipping label to the final delivery. With us as your dental lab partner, you get access to customizable ordering, quick turnaround, and premium products.
What sets Mabel Dental Lab apart from our competitors? Our dedication to quality helps dentists and dental laboratories decrease costs by reducing the amount of time spent remaking partial dentures. You can pass those savings on to your patients and spend more time improving your quality of care. Mabel Dental Lab was started with the goal of providing cost-saving solutions to dentists and dental laboratories and high-quality partial dentures to patients. For more than a decade, we have met and exceeded our goal to be the most trusted dental lab in Ohio.
How do partial dentures improve a patient’s quality of life? Partial dentures in particular are a low-cost solution that offers many benefits to denture wearers. From increased durability to improved speech clarity, your patients will appreciate their enhanced quality of life. With dentures that fit snugly and comfortably, wearers can eat and speak easily without fear of their partial dentures falling out. Don’t wait any longer to partner with us. Take advantage of our superior dental lab services and all Mabel Dental Lab has to offer to you and your patients.
Mabel Dental Lab offers a wide variety of partial dentures to fit all of the needs of your patients. We offer several different types of metal frames including SLM, Titanium, and Vitallium 2000. For those patients looking for more aesthetic options, we offer several non-metal partial dentures. These include flexible partials and clear, tooth-colored, and traditional acrylic flippers. Click on any of the below for more information:
Metal Partials | Flexible Partials | VisiClear | DuraCetal | Acrylic Flippers
Metal Partials
SLM / Titanium / Vitallium® 2000
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 three types of frames at this time: SLM (standard), Titanium (printed) and Dentsply Vitallium® 2000 framework (cast).
All of our standard SLM 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.
Our 3D printed Titanium frames have excellent biocompatibility and do not react with a patient’s tissue. They will not cause gingival inflammation, black tooth edge, oral metal odor or other problems. They are much lighter than conventional frameworks while having extremely high strength, corrosion resistant and are safe and reliable.
Vitallium 2000 frames have been the industry standard for over 80 years. The high fracture resistance of the frame enables us to fabricate lighter, more refined partials for improved esthetics and greater patient comfort. Our Vitallium frame is currently still being fabricated by traditional casting due to the higher material cost. Vitallium’s alloy permits predictable adjustments with unprecedented fracture resistance.
Titanium 3D Printed |
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 (DuraCetal): VITA shades A1, A2, A3, A3.5, B1
- 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.
DurAcetal® Framework & Clasps
DurAcetal is a tooth-colored thermoplastic resin that comes in several Vita shades. It is not only beautiful but strong, durable, bio-compatible, bacteria and stain resistant and has a “Snap-Fit” for comfort. For patients that absolutely do not want a metal framework perhaps due to allergy or holistic preference, DurAcetal is the solution! It’s ideal for partial denture frameworks and other metal-free removable applications. They have elastic memory and are designed to engage securely into the natural undercuts of abutment teeth for maximum hold. You can add DurAcetal clasps to a metal framework, flexible partials and acrylic partials.
DurAcetal is available in VITA shades: A1, A2, A3, A3.5 & B1.
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 | DuraCetal| Acrylic Flippers