Abstract
Patient: A 64-year-old woman visited our hospital with her chief complaint being difficulty in mouth opening and chewing. Physical therapy was initiated to alleviate the temporomandibular dysfunction, and treatment dentures were applied to improve the ridge mucosa and chewing function. The occlusal form of the treatment dentures was switched to the final dentures when the temporomandibular joint symptoms and chewing function were improved. This resulted in improved mouth opening and the introduction of complete dentures with satisfactory chewing function.
Discussion: Appropriate control of the load to the temporomandibular joint is known to be important for treating temporomandibular arthrosis. In the present case, use of the treatment dentures allowed the load to be controlled, and it improved mucosa under the dentures, resulting in satisfactory clinical results.
Conclusion: The use of treatment dentures improved both the temporomandibular and chewing functions.
