AUTHOR=Barakat Noha Waleed , El Far Mahmoud Mokhtar , Kotb Ahmed Mustafa Hashim 

TITLE=Overdenture pickup without retaining material; a novel dental technique

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Dental Medicine

VOLUME=Volume 6 - 2025

YEAR=2025

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/dental-medicine/articles/10.3389/fdmed.2025.1589993

DOI=10.3389/fdmed.2025.1589993

ISSN=2673-4915

ABSTRACT=This article describes a novel technique for overdenture metal housing pickup for a digitally fabricated overdenture using an extraoral scanner and ExoCAD software. This technique could help the clinician save time and reduce the hassle of extra visits and additional laboratory steps.