A case report of masticatory rehabilitation of severely worn dentition with prostheses

Abstract

Patient: A 78-year-old male patient visited our dental hospital with a chief complaint of difficulty of mastication due to pain induced by contact between the lower incisors and upper palate mucosa. The patient was diagnosed with masticatory disorders due to severe attrition and irregularity of the occlusal plane. Full-mouth rehabilitation was performed using fixed and removable prostheses after evaluating the mandibular position using an occlusal splint to obtain an adequate vertical dimension for the prostheses.

Discussion: A long-term stable clinical outcome was obtained by the dental prostheses after evaluating the mandibular position using an occlusal splint.

Conclusion: In the present case mastication disorders were recovered by full-mouth rehabilitation that restored the severely-worn tooth morphology using fixed and removable prostheses.