A Case with Difficulty on Decision of Occlusal Vertical Dimension

Abstract

Patient: A 60-year-old female complained of pain of the palatine mucosa during mastication. A few years ago, she received a removable partial denture although she sensed incongruity and did not use it at all. Then, her lower anterior teeth started to bite into palatine mucosa, and she became conscious of pain. The occlusal vertical dimension was increased in prosthetic restoration to relieve it.
Discussion: For setting of occlusal vertical dimension, multiple data such as results of lateral cephalometric analysis were referred. Therefore a prosthetic restoration without the sense of incongruity could be constructed.
Conclusion: Lateral cephalometric analysis is useful in the setting of occlusal vertical dimension.