Edentulous patients presenting with atrophic ridges and severe prognathic ridge relation are difficult to rehabilitate. Correction of the malrelation of the jaws is an absolute prerequisite for their successful prosthetic rehabilitation. A majority of the established surgical techniques to correct combined sagittal and vertical discrepancies of edentulous jaws are often prolonged and complex wi...

Conventional dentistry has provided acceptable treatment alternatives for the partially or fully edentulous patient for decades. Recent innovations have provided clinicians with an assortment of new techniques to restore the function of these patients. Established treatment alternatives have been significantly enhanced, resulting in increased acceptance of predictable dental implant restoration...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported that by age 50, Americans have lost an average of 12 teeth and, among adults aged 65 to 74 years, 26 percent are completely edentulous. Care of the edentulous patient has been changed by the emergence of implant-supported restorations, which are a viable alternative to traditional denture fabrication. However, there are still man...

please cite this article as: fayaz a, shakerian m, ansari gh. comparing the efficiency of denture brush and ordinary brush in complete denture cleaning. novel biomed 2013;1(2):62-65. background & objective: denture cleansing is a key element in retaining mucosa free of any inflammation. however, many denture users usually ignore this important factor. this investigation was designed to compare ...

Many people ignore their oral hygiene and do not use denture after extraction. This may caused by their thinking pattern. Thinking pattern indicates the degree of comprehension to solve a problem. This research aims to find out the thinking pattern of first year students towards edentulous replacement. The questionnaire was filled in by students. The oral cavity state of students who have edent...

PURPOSE To evaluate patient-related outcomes in restoring the edentulous maxilla with an implant overdenture. MATERIALS AND METHODS A comprehensive systematic review of the literature was conducted. Publications reporting patient-based outcomes with concomitant data on implant and/or prosthetic success were selected using predetermined inclusion criteria that were agreed upon by the two revie...

One of the most important consideration for patients in dental treatment is esthetics. It presents a great challenge when teeth (particularly anterior teeth) have to be immediately replaced following removal structure. Immediate denture answer restore esthetics and functional (mastication, speech deglutition) purpose. A 48-year-old male patient came Department Prosthodontic Clinic, Universitas ...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to compare microbiological, histological, and mechanical findings from tissues around osseointergrated dental implants in patients who had undergone tumour resection and subsequent bone grafting with non bone grafted patients without a history of oral cancer and to develop an effective tool for the monitoring of the peri-implant tissues. A third aim was to a...