Surgeons from across the state are undergoing training at the PGIDS to fabricate dentures rapidly

Rohtak, May 31, 2026: A workshop titled "Denture in a Day: Comprehensive Hands-on Complete Denture Fabrication" is being organized by the Department of Prosthodontics at the Post Graduate Institute of Dental Sciences (PGIDS), under the aegis of the Pt. Bhagwat Dayal Sharma University of Health Sciences.

Led by Principal Dr. Manu Rathi and supervised by Organizing Secretary Dr. Pankaj Gehlot, this workshop features the participation of approximately 150 dental surgeons from Civil Hospitals across all districts of Haryana.

Principal Dr. Manu Rathi stated that PGIDS, Rohtak, is the only institute in all of Haryana where complete dentures are being fabricated without any waiting list. She noted that patients here do not have to wait for months; treatment for a toothless patient begins the moment they arrive. Our skilled team completes the entire denture fabrication process within a single day.

She further explained that this workshop is being organized with the objective of extending this specialized expertise of PGIDS across the entire state. Once doctors at the state's Civil Hospitals master these techniques, elderly patients residing in villages will no longer need to travel to Rohtak for treatment.

Principal Dr. Manu Rathi detailed that contemporary denture fabrication at the institute utilizes advanced and modern technologies—including digital scanning, digital designing, Exocad software, Mesh Mixer software, and fully adjustable articulators. With the aid of modern software such as Exocad and Mesh Mixer, the fitting of dentures has become significantly superior to anything achieved in the past. Thanks to Exocad software, the digital designing process is so precise that every minute detail of the patient's jaw is scanned, allowing for the creation of a denture that is perfectly tailored to their specific anatomy. A fully adjustable articulator allows for the precise replication of a patient's biting and chewing patterns, thereby eliminating the need for repeated adjustments once the denture has been fitted.

She explained that, traditionally, the fabrication of dentures took several days and required frequent adjustments. Now, through digital planning, we are able to provide the patient with a perfectly fitting denture on the very first day. This saves the patient time, money, and discomfort. Software platforms such as Exocad and MeshMixer have completely revolutionized the field of prosthodontics.

Organizing Secretary Dr. Pankaj Gehlot said that lectures and clinical hands-on sessions were conducted on the first day of the workshop. He noted that the workshop has been designed in a highly practical manner, with training stations dedicated to teaching various techniques—such as border molding, Gothic arch tracing, digital scanning, and design using Exocad software—at every workstation. The delegates are working directly on patients. On the first day, training was provided on six key procedures: patient evaluation, digital planning, preliminary impressions, primary cast evaluation, special tray fabrication, final impressions, and jaw relation records. A live demonstration on mounting a patient's bite onto a fully adjustable articulator was also conducted.

The organizing committee comprises Dr. Komal K. Saroya, Dr. Sarthak Singh Tomar, Dr. Kusum, Dr. Stalin M, and Dr. Vaibhav. Certificates will be awarded to all participants at the conclusion of the event. On the first day, government medical practitioners from various districts—including Jhajjar, Sonipat, Panipat, Hisar, Karnal, Gurugram, and Faridabad—participated in the workshop.