Complete dentures fabrication conventionally requires 4 to 5 visits to the clinic. It will be sometimes very demanding for aged patients and also for the dentist. Here, in this article, technique of complete denture construction in one day for an old denture wearer is described. Wherein the old denture is used as special tray and also as record base. Secondary impression with border moulding an...

Dear Editor, Despite major advances in dentistry and dental prostheses, complete removable dentures are still widely used for oral rehabilitation of edentulous people. Denture surfaces prepare a favorable environment for adherence and proliferation of oral endogenous microorganisms, which is a crucial first step in the initiation of biofilm formation, caused denture stomatitis. Candida species ...

An immediate denture is a temporary or permanent removable fabricated in the presence of natural teeth. Patients diagnosed with periodontitis are usually indicated for this type dentures. Fabrication according to specific protocol can enhance functional, phonetic, and aesthetic rehabilitation immediately after tooth extraction. Laboratory procedures have few specificities comparison conventiona...

BACKGROUND Denture stomatitis is a common fungal oral infection of multifactorial etiology. Denture-related factors such as denture's age, hygiene, night wearing and colonization by Candida albicans are known to predispose to denture stomatitis. The aim of this study was to evaluate these factors and their relationship with the occurrence of denture stomatitis in a Lebanese population. MATERI...

Objective: An immediate complete denture is fabricated before the extraction of all teeth. It has several advantages such as preservation of esthetics, muscular tone, normal speech and reduction of post-operative pain. This report describes a method of using patient’s current fixed partial denture (FPD) for single-appointment construction of interim immediate denture. Case: We used patient’s ex...

Maxillary labial and buccal frena are considered as normal anatomic structures in the oral cavity. However, they may exist intraorally as a thick broad fibrous attachment and/or become located near the crest of the residual ridge, thus interfering with proper denture border extension resulting in inferior denture stability, retention and overall patient satisfaction. This case report highlights...