Digital removable complete denture: a narrative review

Removable complete dentures have recently entered the digital area, through various workflows constantly evolving with the maturity of digital technologies. Indeed, practitioners and laboratories are particularly challenged with the integration of digital tools and techniques in the daily treatment of complete edentulism. The aim of this narrative review was to summarise the current knowledge about digital removable complete dentures, to enable practitioners and laboratories to decide either to move to a fully digital workflow or to integrate some of these new tools into their current practice. The first part of this article reviews different techniques for recording edentulous ridges and the maxillo-mandibular relationship. Then, the second part describes the digital steps involved in designing prostheses, while the last part describes the materials and manufacturing technologies. As a conclusion, digital technologies provide several options for the treatment of edentulous patients, but there is a need for remaining vigilant on the quality of the delivered prostheses and treatment.