2013 Volume 5 Issue 2 Pages 200-203
Patient: A 73-year-old female patient who was undergoing marginal resection of the mandible for carcinoma and an abdominal full thickness skin graft complained of masticatory dysfunction with saburra in the mandibular recessed area. A mandibular denture for the defect was fabricated by using the tissue conditioner for molding the border and buccal flange of the denture.
Discussion: As a result of the attainment of close contacts between the buccal mucosa and buccal flange and the border of the denture base by using tissue conditioner, the saburra in the recessed area had disappeared and the masticatory function had improved.
Conclusion: With the lack of mobility of the skin graft, forming an appropriate shape of theflangeand border of the denture base achieved improvement of the masticatory function and favorable prognosis.
