The Kolbeck Technique

By Josef Kolbeck

Posted Mar 12, 2012 in Technical

As Managing Director of the removable department at Town & Country Dental Studios in Freeport, NY, Josef Kolbeck has implemented a unique method of processing a fixed removable denture with the pouring technique that saves time and materials and increases accuracy. It eliminates duplication of a secondary plaster model and, instead, uses a silicone working model that allows easy handling and adjusting during processing, and provides a more exact fit and placement of the screws into the access holes.


After treatment planning and implant placement, the dentist sends an open-tray impression of the implant fixtures and the lab fabricates a soft tissue cast with analogs, a verification jig and a screw-retained bite rim. The doctor verifies the clinical accuracy of the soft tissue model and takes a bite registration with the stabilized bite rim. Kolbeck sets the denture teeth in wax and sends back a trial setup on the stabilized bite rim. Once it's verified, he makes...

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  • Josef Kolbeck

    Dental Technology Consultant at Kolbeck Dental · Naples, FL

    Kolbeck is part technician, part innovator: he continually tests new materials and techniques to improve the lab's fabrication processes and has created many original techniques, including the Kolbeck Technique featured in the March 2012 issue of LMT.

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