Gold Teeth on RPD Framework
Posted on 03/05/2012
While gold teeth are far less common than acrylic, porcelain or composite denture teeth, they are still popular for specific patients usually for cosmetic requirements.
Gold will not chemically bond with acrylic denture base and cannot be soldered to a cobalt-chromium framework. As a result, it must be connected to the denture base through mechanical retention usually utilizing a retentive pin on the lingual of the gold. Due to the high price of gold, usage is typically limited to the facial side of the tooth and the gold is embedded inside a standard acrylic tooth.
The picture below is an example of a gold star embedded in an acrylic denture tooth.
Gold will not chemically bond with acrylic denture base and cannot be soldered to a cobalt-chromium framework. As a result, it must be connected to the denture base through mechanical retention usually utilizing a retentive pin on the lingual of the gold. Due to the high price of gold, usage is typically limited to the facial side of the tooth and the gold is embedded inside a standard acrylic tooth.
The picture below is an example of a gold star embedded in an acrylic denture tooth.
