Abstract
Patient: The patient was a 56-year-old woman whose chief complaints were instability of a maxillary denture, pain in the mandibular ridge and mastication disorder. Instability, pain and mastication disorder occurred owing to severe maxilla alveolar ridge resorption with a flabby gum and discrepancy of maxilla-mandible alveolar ridge morphology. Thus, blade teeth were selected to solve these problems when fabricating a new set of complete dentures.
Discussion: By using the neutral zone technique and blade teeth, decreased horizontal movement of the denture and improvement in mastication disorder were obtained. As a result, an improved outcome was obtained.
Conclusion: Improvements in chief complaints and positive outcomes were obtained by designing new dentures to combat lack of stability and retention.
