Introduction: To have good oral health of patients wearing denture they must maintain high standards both hygiene and hygiene. The aim this study was to access the level knowledge on prosthesis cleanliness among elderly individuals removable dental prostheses. Methods: sample consists 382 visiting Dental Outpatient Department Dhulikhel Hospital for a period 3 months. examination conducted using...

Utilizing natural teeth to enhance support for prosthesis is not new in prosthodontics. Few teeth can be conserved in compromised edentulous ridge patients and be used to provide support to the prosthesis. The use of stud attachments allows the ability to the clinician to improve the retention of the prosthesis, thus allowing the patient to experience better comfort.

Facial prosthesis is generally considered over surgical reconstruction to restore function and appearance in patients with facial defects that resulted from cancer resection. Retention of the prosthesis is challenging due to its size and weight. Retention can be achieved by using medical grade adhesives, resilient attachments, clips and osseointegrated implants. It can also be connected to obtu...

Keypoints * The successful use of glass-ionomeric cement in primary stapes surgery for attachment of the wire loop of the stapes prosthesis to the long process of the incus is reported. * Early hearing outcomes were similar in patients where cement was used for stapes prosthesis attachment compared with those with standard wire crimping technique. * Use of glass-ionomeric cement to attach the s...

PURPOSE To examine the frequency of technical errors during implantation of the Austin Moore prosthesis in a public hospital. METHODS Radiographs and charts of 147 consecutive uncemented Austin Moore hemiarthoplasty patients were retrospectively reviewed with particular reference to intra-operative errors associated with early failure of the prosthesis. RESULTS 48% of the patients had at le...

Fabrication of a maxillofacial prosthesis for a congenital or acquired deformity demands a high degree of skill and refinement on the part of prosthodontists. This task becomes more challenging if either the recipient tissue is not well-suited to receive the prosthesis, or the patient is either indifferent to his/her wellness or is firmly convinced that the prosthesis is not going to improve th...

BACKGROUND Overall prosthesis survival is important in penile implant, which remains the final viable solution to many patients with refractory erectile dysfunction (ED). This paper is to retrospectively study the role of the anatomy of tunica albuginea (TA). METHODS From March 1987 to March 1991 while the TA was regarded as a circumferential single layer, 21 organically ED men, aged from 27 ...

The use of speech prosthesis after total laryngectomy has become an international standard for voice restoration today. Provox II voice prosthesis is not permanently inserted, and as such, it must meet the criterion of achieving prolonged retention time within the walls of tracheo-esophageal fistula (TEF). Complications after the insertion of speech prosthesis are familiar and anticipated but e...

Background: Conductive hearing loss due to ossicular abnormalities occurs from many causes, including trauma, infection, cholesteatoma, surgery and congenital anomalies. Surgical reconstruction of the ossicular chain is a wellestablished procedure for repair of ossicular defects, but is still plagued by high failure rates. Underlying disease and proper sizing of prostheses are two challenges th...