2023 Volume 15 Issue 3 Pages 294-300
Although implant treatments have become established today, the demand for complete dentures remains high due to financial reasons, difficulty of undergoing an operation because of systemic disorders, and so forth.
The number of notable cases of severe ridge resorption seems to be increasing year by year in the clinical field due to factors such as advances in periodontal disease treatment, delay in the age of developing edentulous jaw, and extension of average life span. In cases of severe ridge resorption, it tends to be difficult to achieve suction and stability of a complete denture when using the standard manufacturing method, as various conditions within the oral cavity deteriorate.
This article presents and explains the characteristics of such cases based on the author’s clinical observation of oral cavities in cases of severe mandibular ridge resorption with edentulous jaw, and discusses its treatment method.
