A case report of improvement of masticatory disturbance by a mandibular complete denture

Abstract

Patient: A 73-year-old man visited our clinic complaining of difficulty in chewing because of an unfitted mandibular telescopic denture. Although six maxillary teeth remained, all of the mandibular teeth needed to be extracted. Treatment dentures were delivered to provide occlusal stability, followed by fixed and removable partial dentures for the maxilla, and complete dentures for the mandible were delivered as the definitive prosthesis.

Discussion: The treatment dentures were effective for establishing functional stability, and were able to predict final prosthesis quality. As a result, high patient satisfaction was achieved.

Conclusion: Applying treatment dentures to improve occlusal stability resulted in a satisfactory therapeutic effect on a patient with an unfavorable edentulous situation.