A case of improvement of masticatory function by a treatment denture in an edentulous patient with mandibular position deviation

Abstract

Patient: A 73-year-old male patient visited the hospital with the chief complaint of movement of complete dentures and difficulty of mastication, and was diagnosed as having cosmetic disturbance and dysmasesis owing to maladaptation of dentures. Definitive dentures were fabricated after confirming correction of the mandibular position deviation and improvement of the esthetics and masticatory function by a treatment denture.

Discussion: Satisfactory treatment outcomes were obtained with the definitive dentures which transferred functional and morphological elements after improving the oral function properly by the treatment denture.

Conclusion: In the present case, correction of the mandibular position deviation and improvement of the esthetics and masticatory function by a treatment denture resulted in long-term stability of the definitive dentures.