Background and Aim: Inappropriate transfer of pressure during final impression making in fabrication of complete denture can result in ridge resorption. This study aimed to assess the effect of vent size and spacer thickness on pressure produced during maxillary edentulous impression making by different impression materials in vitro. Materials and Methods: This experimental study was carried...

This article describes the fabrication of a provisional implant-supported, screw-retained restoration for immediate loading of a completely edentulous arch. The technique can be applied to patients with partially edentulous arches as well. Until immediate loading of dental implants becomes a well-documented treatment modality, the described method should not be applied on a routine basis or wit...

Purpose: The aim of the present prospective study was to evaluate the concept of early loading of rough-surfaced implants in the completely edentulous maxilla and in the edentulous posterior mandible and maxilla. Materials and Methods: Fifty-four consecutive patients were treated. Twenty patients were completely edentulous in the maxilla (group A), 19 patients were edentulous in the posterior l...

PURPOSE The rehabilitation of the edentulous mandible is a challenge due to various limiting factors, of which the available vertical restorative space (AVRS) has been well understood in the literature. However, other anatomic variations such as arch form, arch size, and also the interforaminal distance (IFD) (due to the presence of mandibular nerve) are influential in the selection of size and...

Background. The aims of this study were to investigate the ridge contour anterior to the nasopalatine canal, and the difference between the incidences of the nasopalatine canal perforation in dentate and partially edentulous patients by cone-beam computed tomography. Methods. Cone-beam computed tomography scan images from 72 patients were selected from database and divided into dentate and part...

PURPOSE To retrospectively analyze the survival rate of endosseous dental implants placed in the edentulous or partially edentulous mandible over a long-term follow-up period of 10 years or more. MATERIALS AND METHODS The charts of patients who underwent mandibular implant placement at a private prosthodontics practice and received follow-up care for 10 years or more were included in this stu...

Satisfactory restoration in a patient with a partially edentulous situation can be challenging especially when unilateral or bilateral posterior segment of teeth is missing. Successful restoration can be done with various conventional and contemporary treatment options. One such treatment modality is attachment-retained cast partial dentures. This paper describes a case report of a patient with...

Resorption of the edentulous or partially edentulous alveolar ridge or bone loss due to periodontitis or trauma frequently com­promises­fixed­prosthesis­placement.­Therefore,­augmen­ tation­of­an­insufficient­bone­volume­is­often­indicated­to­attain­ predictable­ long­term­ functioning­ and­ an­ esthetic­ treatment­ outcome.­Guided­bone­regeneration­ (GBR)­ techniques­have­ been used for vertic...