PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of differences in the retainer design on load on abutment teeth and displacement of the denture base in mandibular unilateral extension base partial removable dental prosthesis to determine the optimum design for a mechanically appropriate retainer. METHODS Three models were used. Each incorporating a removable denture with differen...

BACKGROUND Though implant dentistry is very successful and predictable in treatment of patients with destroyed dentition, there are some cases with limitations to implant therapy. In these cases, alternative treatment modality should be considered. CASE DESCRIPTION A patient with destroyed dentition was rehabilitated with a lateral rotational path removable partial denture. According to the d...

PURPOSE The midline fracture of maxillary complete dentures is a frequently encountered complication. The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of frenulum height on midline strains of maxillary complete dentures. MATERIALS AND METHODS A removable maxillary complete denture was fabricated and duplicated seven times. Four different labial frenulum heights were tested for stresses occu...

Background: Teeth are one of the most important parts mouth which play a role in speech and mastication. 'gateways' where microorganisms enter can affect health other organs body. Currently, although dentistry science technology makes it possible to prevent tooth decay as early possible, there still many cases loss that decrease effectiveness mastication indirectly affects person's overall heal...

OBJECTIVE Immediate loading of dental implants in the edentulous mandible has proven to be an effective, reliable, and predictable procedure. There is little long-term data available on similar treatments in the edentulous maxilla. The aim of the present study was to clinically evaluate edentulous maxilla rehabilitation with removable prostheses supported by the Ankylos SynCone (Dentsply-Friade...

The number of partially and completely edentulous patients requiring removable prosthetic treatment has increased constantly and denture wearers often have an associated oral status pathology. The purpose of this article is to present removable prosthetic treatment options that we chose for the extended partially edentulous and completely edentulous patients who required prosthetic rehabilitati...

introduction: a large number of software programs have been used in dentistry for diagnosis and treatment planning to date. however, due to promotion of programming languages and developments in dental sciences, it is necessary to develop and update these softwares. use of softwares for treatment planning for removable partial dentures has been popular for some time and always new softwares hav...

Denture stomatitis is an ordinaty disease among pacients that use removable dentures. These caracterized by hiperemia, edema and moderate to intense inflamation. The etiology of denture has many causes, but it a direct relationship with the total denture. Of nine pacients, four them had their dentures exchanged five removed at night for desinfection using 1% hipoclorite solution. Both treatment...

OBJECTIVE To describe vertical distraction osteogenesis of a scapular flap and removable lip support for oral rehabilitation after surgical creation of an ablative defect of the mandible. CASE REPORT A 70-year-old man who was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma of the left lower gingiva underwent segmental mandibulectomy for tumor ablation and reconstruction with a scapular bone flap. To a...