2024 Volume 16 Issue 1 Pages 79-82
Patient: An 80-year-old male with edentulous upper and lower jaws presented to our hospital with a chief complaint of dislodged and lifted dentures when opening the mouth even slightly and difficulty in mastication. He had infraocclusion and residual ridge resorption of the mandibular left side. In order to stabilize the denture, the denture base area was expanded and the treatment denture was placed at a height of 3 mm. The final denture was then placed with reference to the treatment denture.
Discussion: Oral health related QOL, masticatory performance and masticatory path pattern when using gummy jellies, and intraoral water content showed good values after use of the treatment denture and the new denture.
Conclusion: The application of new dentures to an edentulous patient with infraocclusion after applying the treatment denture resulted in improved oral QOL and masticatory performance, and showed good long-term results.
