This project, conducted by the Removable Prosthodontic faculty, compared the mesiodistal widths of the six maxillary anterior teeth with the widths of denture teeth from six different denture tooth manufacturers. Four hundred eighty-eight casts of dental students were measured from the distal aspect of each canine across the facial surfaces of the six anterior teeth with a flexible plastic mill...

In an era of implants and fixed prosthesis, removable partial dentures are still a treatment of choice for a wide range of patients and clinicians. As every other treatment option, removable prosthesis also has some disadvantages. But with introduction of flexible partial dentures, many of the disadvantages of conventional acrylic and cast partial dentures are taken care of. This article discus...

Dear Editor, Despite major advances in dentistry and dental prostheses, complete removable dentures are still widely used for oral rehabilitation of edentulous people. Denture surfaces prepare a favorable environment for adherence and proliferation of oral endogenous microorganisms, which is a crucial first step in the initiation of biofilm formation, caused denture stomatitis. Candida species ...

background hygiene and maintenance of removable prostheses are very important for the oral health. elderly patients are not capable of this affair since they might have diseases in addition to being old; thus, they require new alternative methods. objectives the purpose of this study was to compare the disinfecting effects of three substances, water, normal saline and denture cleaning tablets c...

Loss of variable amount soft and hard tissueis often an inevitable consequence missing teeth.Prosthetic rehabilitation large anterior alveolar ridge defects is a challenge to the clinician.1 Such require not just replacement teeth, but also closure defective area so as achieve proper speech aesthetics. Fixed removable partial dentures are indicated for patients with extensive tissue loss when a...

Removable dentures are mobile dental (prostheses) that are used for replacing missing teeth in patients with partial or complete edentulism. Since 1940, the primary material for the fabrication of removable dentures has been polymethylmethacrylate [1] to [3]. Since then, much effort has been made in the improvement of characteristics of construction materials, affecting the composition of the m...

BACKGROUND The renewal of removable dentures is often suggested to denture wearers subject to discomfort. However, the impact of this rehabilitation on patients' oral health related quality of life and their removable dentures related satisfaction is still unknown. This study was aimed at assessing these patient-centered outcomes and the potential impact of different factors. METHODS A cohort...

PURPOSE Determination of bacterial composition in the oral cavity of patients with removable dentures and with own dentition (without dentures). MATERIAL AND METHODS Bacteriological investigations were performed in 55 patients from the department of internal medicine (32 diabetic patients) and 40 patients treated in surgical department (25 patients with malignancy). Palate mucosa and tongue d...

The prosthetic rehabilitation of patients with an edentulous maxilla opposing mandibular anterior natural teeth is one of the most challenging situations that a clinician encounters. Occlusal forces from the opposing natural teeth may cause fractures in the maxillary prosthesis and also result in residual ridge resorption of the edentulous maxilla. Prosthodontists try overcoming this Combinatio...