[Methods and materials for the construction of complete dentures].

In a survey the methods and materials used for making complete dentures were collected from 603 dentists. The impression material most frequently used for primary impressions was alginate and elastic impression material for functional impressions. Compared with an earlier survey the percentage of dentist using needle point tracing for recording jaw relations increased from 6 to 40%. Remounting complete dentures was done by 64% of the dentists whenever required; 9% applied this method as a routine.