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Soft Liners: Presented By:Kunal Mehta

Soft liners are soft polymer materials applied to the tissue-contacting surface of dentures to provide cushioning and improve comfort. They can be used for new dentures, old dentures, or relines/rebasing. Soft liners reduce pressure on tissues following procedures like tooth extractions or surgery. While they improve chewing and stability, soft liners require more maintenance due to potential contamination or weakening over time. They are classified based on the polymer used and can be acrylic, silicone, or light-cured varieties that bond chemically to dentures.

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Soft Liners: Presented By:Kunal Mehta

Soft liners are soft polymer materials applied to the tissue-contacting surface of dentures to provide cushioning and improve comfort. They can be used for new dentures, old dentures, or relines/rebasing. Soft liners reduce pressure on tissues following procedures like tooth extractions or surgery. While they improve chewing and stability, soft liners require more maintenance due to potential contamination or weakening over time. They are classified based on the polymer used and can be acrylic, silicone, or light-cured varieties that bond chemically to dentures.

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Soft liners

Presented
By:Kunal Mehta
Introduction

• Soft liners are a medical grade soft polymer material applied to the tissue
fitting surface of your hard denture base.
• Soft liners behave like a shock absorbing cushion when you are chewing .
• Soft liners can be applied to new dentures,old dentures,reline and rebase
situations.
Indications
• To reduce problems arising from the effects of age changes in the denture
bearing tissues. It improves both masticatory efficiency and oral comfort for
patients presenting a reduced thickness of the oral mucoperisteum.
• Radical surgical procedures, which result in maxillary defects, are usually
followed by treatment with an obturator. For retention and peripheral sealing
purposes, obturators may have to engage deep undercuts. Such undercut
areas may be engaged by using a soft material.
• Soft liners are used for relining immediate or transitional dentures during the
healing periods after
• Tooth extraction and implant surgery.it is used to minimize direct preassure
on the tissues.
Disadvantage
• Contamination
• Adjustments
• Maintanence
• Strength
Advantage
• Conformity
• Comfort
• Chewing
• Stability
Classification

• Acrylic soft liners


• Silicon soft liners include heat cured liners
and valcanised at room temprature.
• Polyphosphoziene elastomeric system.
• Gentleman developed methyl methyl meth
acrelate providing good adhesion to
dentures.
Light cure soft liner
• Is a unique chair side reline material.
• Cures in a minute
• It is a microfilled composite.
• Light liner is a dual cure,self bonding
material.
Advantages of light liner
• Non shrinkable
• Resist staining
• Colour stable
• Chemically bonding to it will prevent
flaking
Technique
• Denture preparation
• Remove the denture from the patients
mouth
• Dye the tissue side of the denture
• Reline Prep will dye a uniform layer of old
acrylic.
• Grind 1-2 mm from the entire palatal
surface with carbide bur to remove plaque
and expose fresh acrylic base.
• Use Masque on teeth and labial
surface to prevent sticking of
composite.
Technique

• Mixing Composite

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