Oral problems: speech, diet and oral care
Jeremy Playfer, John Hindle, Andrew Lees in Parkinson's Disease in the Older Patient, 2018
Dentists planning to provide a person with PD with complete dentures for the first time might consider the use of overdentures (where strategic roots of teeth are left in the jaw bone and the denture sits over them) as they help to retain proprioception and maintain jaw control. For the person with early PD who requires dentures, consideration should be given to the possible role of dental implants or implant-retained overdentures. Although this is an expensive option, it may well be cost effective in the long term, providing the individual with security and helping to preserve their self-esteem and social contacts.
Diseases of the Masticatory Complex
Lars Granath, William D. McHugh in Systematized Prevention of Oral Disease: Theory and Practice, 2019
Bone resorption in the edentulous alveolar process is inevitable and gradually leads to functional problems in many complete denture wearers.3 The best prevention for this situation is, of course, to avoid extraction of the last few teeth. There are a series of therapeutic alternatives, which all are better than conventional complete dentures. They vary from simple overdentures to sophisticated partial denture constructions which utilize the remaining teeth as abutments for different types of retention.55
Organization and Delivery of Long-Term Care in Taiwan
Iris Chi, Kalyani K. Mehta, Anna L. Howe in Long-Term Care in the 21st Century: Perspectives from Around the Asia-Pacific Rim, 2013
The third health program, a free dental program that started in July 1999, is unique to Kaohsiung City. All elderly residents of the city are eligible to receive this service. The first stage of the program is focused on the provision of complete dentures; the second and third stages will cover those needing only partial dentures. To date, 15% of the elderly have been identified for provision of complete dentures.
Salivary VEGF and post-extraction wound healing in type 2 diabetic immediate denture wearers
Published in Acta Odontologica Scandinavica, 2022
Katarina Radović, Božidar Brković, Jelena Roganović, Jugoslav Ilić, Aleksandra Milić Lemić, Boris Jovanović
Pre-prosthetic procedures included: attendance of a program of professional dental hygiene to nullify differences in preoperative hygiene conditions and atraumatic extractions of remaining 3 maxillary teeth without elevation of the full-thickness flap to preserve the bone ridges and soft tissue. The alveolar nerve block was obtained by using 2% mepivacaine. Both groups of participants, with and without diabetes, were indicated for immediate complete denture in order to provide T2DM participants with adequate mastication and to standardize the study conditions. The existing mandibular complete dentures were replaced on the day of receiving maxillary immediate complete dentures. The surgical protocol and clinical evaluation were conducted at the Clinic of Oral Surgery, School of Dental Medicine in Belgrade. The fabrication of new dentures (maxillary immediate complete dentures and mandibular complete dentures) and post-insertion denture adjustments necessary for removing difficulties that included pain and discomfort were performed at the Department of Prosthodontics, School of Dental Medicine in Belgrade. The study received approval from the Ethics Committee of the School of Dental Medicine, University of Belgrade (No. 32/36 in 2012 year) and was conducted in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration.
Factors associated with signs of temporomandibular pain: an 11-year-follow-up study on Finnish adults
Published in Acta Odontologica Scandinavica, 2020
Aisha Banafa, Anna Liisa Suominen, Kirsi Sipilä
When encoding the variables, the subject was considered TMJ-pain positive in the presence of pain on palpation on either side of TMJs, and negative in the absence of pain on both sides. The corresponding criteria were set for MM pain, i.e. those having pain in either of the MM were set as MM-pain positive. Age was encoded into five age groups: 40 years or under, 41–50 years, 51–60 years, 61–70 years, and 71 or older. The number of teeth variable was encoded as follows: 0 teeth, 1–19 teeth and 20 or more teeth, based on the notion that 20 teeth are the limit for adequate function, below which a reduction in the masticatory efficiency can occur [25]. Denture status variable was based on number of teeth and the presence of removable denture and was encoded as follows: dentate with no denture, dentate with denture, and edentulous or with complete denture. Educational level was trichotomized into basic, intermediate and higher education. The basic education category included those with no formal vocational training or senior secondary education, intermediate education included those who had completed vocational training or passed the matriculation examination, and higher education included those with degrees or diplomas from higher vocational institutions, polytechnics and universities.
Impact of frequency of denture cleaning on microbial and clinical parameters – a bench to chairside approach
Published in Journal of Oral Microbiology, 2019
Gordon Ramage, Lindsay O’Donnell, Leighann Sherry, Shauna Culshaw, Jeremy Bagg, Marta Czesnikiewicz-Guzik, Clare Brown, Debbie McKenzie, Laura Cross, Andrew MacInnes, David Bradshaw, Roshan Varghese, Paola Gomez Pereira, Anto Jose, Susmita Sanyal, Douglas Robertson
Participants in general good health, aged between 18 and 84 years inclusive, were recruited through self-referral and identification at treatment clinics at Glasgow Dental Hospital and School. Participants were required to have a completely edentulous maxillary arch restored with a conventional, full acrylic based, complete denture. The mandibular arch could be dentate, partial or full edentulous and could be restored with a stable complete, partial or implant supported denture. Maxillary dentures needed to be of a well-made design and construction, as assessed by the study examiner and moderately well-fitting at the screening visit according to the Kapur Index [29], Olshan Modification [30]: retention score > 2, stability score > 2. Exclusion criteria included pregnancy; breastfeeding; known/suspected intolerance or hypersensitivity to study materials or ingredients; a serious, severe or unstable medical condition that would make the participant unlikely to fully complete the study; an implanted cardiac pacemaker; taking a daily dose of medication that might interfere with the participant’s ability to perform the study or might affect efficacy assessments. Specific dental exclusion criteria included: a clinically significant or relevant oral abnormality that, in the investigator’s opinion, could affect study participation; recent (within 30 days) gingival/oral surgery.
Related Knowledge Centers
- Alveolar Process
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- Dentures
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- Toothlessness
- Periodontal Disease
- Molar Incisor Hypomineralisation