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| Year : 2012 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 143-147 |
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Light weight hollow maxillary complete denture: A case series
Laxman Singh Kaira1, Richa Singh2, Manish Jain3, Rakesh Mishra4
1 Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali Government Medical Sciences and Research Institute, Srinagar Garhwal, Uttrakhand, India
2 Institute of Dental Sciences, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
3 Department of Public Health Dentistry, Peoples Dental Academy, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
4 Department of Prosthodontics, Darshan Dental College, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
Correspondence Address:
Laxman Singh Kaira
House Nu 47A Vijay Colony, New Cantt Road, Dehradoon - 248 001, Uttrakhand
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0975-8844.106216
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Retention, stability and support are the basic principles on which the success of a complete denture relies on. The skill lies in applying these principles efficiently in critical situations. Residual ridge resorption occurs at a three times faster rate in mandibular arch than in the maxillary arch. The severely resorbed maxillary and mandibular edentulous arches that are narrow and constricted with increased interarch space provide decreased support, retention and stability. The consequent weight of the processed complete denture only compromises them further. The severely resorbed jaw can have various treatment options. Extreme resorption of the maxillary denture-bearing area may lead to problems with prosthetic rehabilitation. The advantage of a hollow maxillary or mandibular denture is the reduction of excessive weight of acrylic resin, which normally replaces lost alveolar ridge in the interridge space of the denture wearer. This clinical report describes two case reports of edentulous patients with resorbed ridges where a simplified technique of fabricating a light weight hollow maxillary complete denture was used for the preservation of denture bearing areas. |
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