A case report of an edentulous patient treated with a duplicate mandibular complete denture

Abstract

Patient: The patient was an 85-year-old female. Her chief complaints with regard to her mandibular complete denture included pain, difficulty in chewing, and movement during speech. Denture retention was difficult to obtain due to the patient’s extensive residual ridge resorption. A duplicate mandibular denture was made, and the dynamic impression technique was applied to make a new denture.

Discussion: Creating a duplicate denture allowed the functional denture form to be reflected on the new prosthesis. Because she used a duplicate denture during the period of denture fabrication, the patient was able to continue using her original denture.

Conclusion: In this case, where the patient displayed extensive residual ridge resorption, good results were obtained by preserving and modifying the old denture form as a duplicate denture.