Product

Digital Interim Flipper

A printed interim partial denture, one to three teeth, designed from your scan to hold the space and the esthetics through healing or osseointegration.

What is included

What the digital workflow changes

Designed on the scan

Base drawn on the intraoral scan, with no alginate impression and no poured model.

Reprintable

The file is archived: a breakage is replaced without restarting the case.

Ready before extraction

Designed on the pre-operative scan and delivered for same-day insertion.

Thin base

Even thickness and a slim palatal transition, which the printed resin allows.

Clasps or rests

Wire clasps, resin rests, or a base with no visible clasp on anterior cases.

Matched shade

Teeth and base selected in the recorded shade, not in a default one.

SprintRay Pro 2 printer and Die and Model 2 resin

Printing, retention and service life

The base is printed in pink resin certified for intraoral use, then washed and post-cured to the manufacturer protocol.

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Indications and design

The flipper covers one to three missing teeth, mostly anterior, for a limited period.

Technical sheet

Product details

Materials: Printed pink resin base certified for intraoral use, printed or commercial denture teeth
Extent: One to three teeth, mostly in the anterior sector
Retention: Palatal extension, wire clasps, resin rests, depending on position and remaining teeth
Implant case: Base relieved over the healing abutment, pontic lightened over the ridge
Intended duration: Interim, for the length of healing, osseointegration or a prior treatment
Shade: Tooth and base shade recorded on the case, Vita guides
Required data: STL intraoral scan of both arches with occlusal record, shade, and the site status (tooth present, extraction planned, implant placed)
Reprint: File retained, identical reprint with no new impression
Turnaround: Confirmed at intake, compatible with insertion on extraction day if the scan arrives in time

For same-day insertion at the extraction, send the pre-operative scan with the tooth still in place: we design the base on the future situation.

Frequently asked questions

The digital flipper in practice

Can it be inserted on the day of extraction?

Yes, provided you send us the scan before the procedure, with the tooth still in place. We remove the tooth virtually, draw the base on the ridge as it will be after extraction, and the piece is ready for immediate insertion. A light chairside reline may be needed after initial healing.

How do you design it when an implant is already placed?

The base is relieved over the healing abutment and the pontic is unloaded so that no pressure reaches the ridge. Tell us the exact stage of the site: submerged implant, healing abutment in place, or graft healing. Those are three different designs.

What happens if the piece breaks?

The file is kept. We reprint the same piece without restarting the case and without a new impression, which is the main argument for the digital workflow on this product. If the fracture points to a design weakness, we reinforce that area before reprinting.

Are visible clasps needed anteriorly?

Rarely. A properly drawn palatal extension provides retention on most anterior one to three tooth cases. We only place facial clasps when the situation leaves no choice, and we discuss it with you before doing so.

How long can a flipper stay in service?

It is an interim piece, intended for the length of a healing or osseointegration period. Beyond that the resin wears, occlusion shifts and the ridge remodels under the base. If definitive treatment has to be postponed for a long time, a better-supported transitional partial is the sounder choice and we will say so.

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