An edentulous case with an excessively resorbed mandibular ridge treated using the flange technique and soft relining material

Abstract

Patient: A 74-year-old man visited our clinic with a chief complaint of mobility of a complete lower denture and pain in the mucosa below the denture base at occlusion. There was marked absorption of the alveolar ridge in the mandible. The occlusal condition of the complete mandibular denture was poor and mobility was noted at the traction of the angle of the mouth. We diagnosed that the patient’s pain and masticatory disturbance were caused by poor occlusal contact and morphology of the polished base surface of the complete mandibular denture and the poor arrangement position of the artificial teeth, and decided to prepare new maxillary and mandibular dentures. For the mandibular denture, we used the flange technique and a soft relining material.

Discussion: In this case, it was considered that good results could be obtained by the harmony with the surrounding mobile tissue by the flange technique and the buffering effect of the soft relining material.

Conclusion: Pain and masticatory disturbance in an edentulous patient were resolved using the flange technique and a soft relining material with marked absorption of the alveolar ridge.