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Abstract

A denture teeth device having a wire, strand or thread, or a plurality of wires adjustably coupled to a plurality of denture teeth to form a unit. The wire may be adjustably coupled along the lingual-apical portions of the denture teeth. The wire may be flexible to permit development of a dental arch form so that the denture teeth can be readily adapted to individual patient needs. The wire may also serve to improve denture tooth retention in a processed denture base. The wire may be adjustably coupled to the denture teeth so as to not constrain the denture teeth along the length of the wire, allowing for customized arrangement of the denture teeth, including the incorporation of denture tooth overlaps, vertical and horizontal discrepancies, diastemata and facial-lingual and mesial-distal angular variation. The apical and lingual portions of the denture teeth may be contoured to facilitate the creation of anatomically realistic and hygienically favorable papilla forms and occlusion or the patient's bite.

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