When in partially edentulous patient hyperplastic tissue replaces the alveolar bone, a flabby ridge develops which is often seen long-term denture wearers. Flabby provide poor retention for fabrication if not recoded properly. A careful consideration and application of Zafrulla Hobkrik technique complete construction helps practitioner to over cone such conditions easily. This article describes...

Despite the greater retention and low maintenance of bar attachment system, the longer clinical time and increased number of visits were the assignments to overcome in bar attachment system. This case report describes SFI-Bar® (Cendres et Métaux, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland) to be solve those problems. A 65-year-old female, who had severely absorbed mandible, hoped to wear a stable mandibular dent...

Oral cancer accounts for about 40% of all cancers inflicting the human beings. Those involving the tongue results in mild to severe deficiencies of phonation, deglutition, mastication, and taste depending upon the degree and extent tissues involved. Often rehabilitation of such patient is a challenge for the prosthodontist and involves a careful observation and evaluation of the residual oral f...

Segmental resection of the mandible commonly results in deviation of the mandible to the defective side. The amount of deviation depends on the amount of hard and soft tissue involvement, the method of surgical site closure, the degree of impaired tongue function, the number of remaining teeth and the extent of loss of sensory and motor innervations. Prosthodontic treatment along with physical ...

Clinical experience underscores the disappointing clinical reality that predictably successful denture-wearing outcomes cannot be routinely claimed. Numerous learned texts and lecturers readily cite both favorable and adverse prognostic indicators; yet a diagnosis of being prosthetically maladaptive almost invariably occurs following stoic and persistent efforts by patients and their dentists t...