Tooth loss is highly prevalent in Brazil, especially among the elderly, where more than three million need bimaxillary dentures. The federal government instituted Specialized Dental Care Centers (SDCC) to remedy this situation. The scope of this study was to evaluate one attribute of these Centers, namely the provision of full conventional dentures (FCD) from the perspective of quality and sati...

Polishing of dental prostheses can cause a dangerous cycle of cross-contamination involving dentists, laboratory technicians, patients and auxiliary personnel. The aim of this study was to show the microbial contamination in the dental laboratory during the polishing procedure of complete dentures. For this purpose, 4 experiments were conducted. Experiment I -- Determination of the total colony...

Objectives: Impaired masticatory function is generally considered to be a contributing factor in the development of malnutrition (1, 2). Furthermore, the exclusion of essential and high-fibre foods from the subjects’ diets, due to chewing problems, may induce gastrointestinal disorders (3-5). Objective: The impact of masticatory function on malnutrition and gastrointestinal symptoms was evaluat...

Introduction: Edentulism, especially in the support areas, as well pathological tooth wear (abrasion and attrition) of hard dental tissues leads to a decrease occlusal height posterior translocation articular heads central occlusion. Partial complete edentulousness patients disturbs their occlusal, phonetic function, aesthetics. Aim: The aim present study is investigate relationship between typ...

Removable partial dentures are still widely used to repair dental defects. Due the problems of aesthetic defects, heavy weight, and metallic odor metal removable that in clinical practice, non-metallic alternative materials now actively explored. As a new material with good physical chemical properties, polyether ether ketone (PEEK) has been tried be fabrication dentures. In this paper, we revi...

Purpose In this review, we evaluate the survival rate of resin-bonded fixed partial dentures (RBFPDs) made metal alloys.

The Purpose of the study is to determine effect long curing cycle and short on changes in vertical dimension occlusion complete. was conducted 20 completely edendulous patients, 10 complete dentures were fabricated with cycle. All initial clinical steps involved fabrication dentures, exception cycle, same for both groups. Vertical measured digital vernier caliper from specific points reference ...

The aim of the current paper is to review available literature reporting on comparative studies heat-cured resins and three-dimensionally printed biomaterials for denture bases in terms their composition, properties, fabrication techniques clinical performance. methodology included applying a search strategy, defining inclusion exclusion criteria, selecting summarize results. Searches PubMed, S...

Resorption of mandibular ridges is a multifactorial and biomechanical disease that is chronic, progressive, irreversible, and cumulative leading to loss of sulcular depth, vertical dimension loss, and decreased lower facial height. Some common neurological, hormonal, and metabolic disorders affect the adaptability of dentures, and this can be diagnosed by a trained prosthodontist with proper hi...

BACKGROUND Although the use of removable dentures can improve oral function and esthetics for elderly people, compared to those who do not wear removable dentures, those wearing removable dentures could have worse oral health related-quality of life (OHRQoL). Additional information is required to assess which factors related to denture wearing influence the OHRQoL of elderly individuals. The pu...