A case report of complete dentures for a patient with trismus after buccal mucosal carcinoma resection

Abstract

Patient: A 79-year-old male underwent resection for right buccal mucosal carcinoma. After the surgery, he was unable to use dentures and complained of masticatory dysfunction. The patient had lost the oral vestibule and developed trismus due to scarring of the right buccal mucosa. Complete dentures were fabricated after evaluating the range of the unattached mucous membrane and determining the appropriate denture border.

Discussion: In this case, it was difficult to obtain a border seal by the denture due to the resection of buccal mucosal carcinoma. The denture was stabilized by setting the appropriate denture border considering the range of the unattached mucous membrane.

Conclusion: For an edentulous patient with trismus following buccal mucosal carcinoma resection, masticatory function was improved by fabricating complete dentures with a carefully determined denture border.