2016 Volume 8 Issue 4 Pages 426-429
Patient: An 81-year old female presented to the dental office with a chief complaint of masticatory dysfunction and bad appearance due to missing teeth in the maxillary and mandibular regions and loss of maxillary frontal fixed partial denture. After evaluating the vertical dimension of occlusion, she was diagnosed as infraocclusion. Provisional restorations and treatment dentures were used for occlusal elevation, then the final prosthetic restoration was placed.
Discussion: Provisional restorations, treatment dentures and final prosthetic placement were successful without the patient experiencing temporomandibular dysfunctions by determining the appropriate morphological and physiological vertical dimension of occlusion.
Conclusion: In this case, occlusal elevation and occlusal reconstruction improved masticatory dysfunction and aesthetics.
