Correct complete denture rehabilitation, a chance for recovering abused tissues

Rom J Morphol Embryol. 2009;50(4):707-12.

Abstract

The prosthodontic treatment must provide for the edentulous patients bio-functional prosthetic restorations, bio-prophylactic for the surrounding tissues. In this aim, an edentulous patient must be submitted to a methodical clinical examination in order to establish the quality of hard and soft tissues, which will indicate the degree of difficulty of the prosthetic treatment. Additional investigation as a microbiologic examination and cephalometric radiographs can be useful in a modern investigation. In our daily practice, we are rarely confronted with a normal morphology of the denture bearing oral structures. The problem of managing abused tissues in a patient with morphologic abnormalities due to faulty prostheses is sometimes difficult to solve. Preventing the deterioration of oral status must be a condition in providing a chance for the success of the following rehabilitations, mainly in the situation when the complete edentulousness succeeds in a young or middle age patient.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Denture Design*
  • Denture Retention
  • Denture, Complete / adverse effects*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Jaw, Edentulous / microbiology
  • Jaw, Edentulous / pathology
  • Jaw, Edentulous / therapy
  • Middle Aged
  • Romania
  • Stomatitis, Denture / microbiology
  • Stomatitis, Denture / pathology
  • Stomatitis, Denture / therapy*
  • Vertical Dimension