Perceptions of complete dentures by prospective implant patients.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to facilitate the recognition of denture patients who are unable to adapt to conventional dentures and who are likely to benefit from treatment using implant-supported prostheses.

Materials And Methods: Sixty-nine patients who where referred for postgraduate prosthetic treatment at Wits Dental School completed a self-report inventory of items related to their dentures in current use. Conventional dentures were fabricated for all subjects.

That acquired masseteric look.

There is a certain "look" that has become the ideal of attractiveness in our society. This appearance may be due to masseteric hypertrophy, which can have an extraordinary effect on facial form. A case is presented and discussed.

The prognostic value of denture complaints.

This study tested whether information obtained from an inventory of denture-related variables can help a dentist recognise the potentially slowly adapting denture patient. Sixty-one patients completed an inventory of denture complaints prior to the fabrication of complete maxillary and mandibular dentures. Subjects were subsequently divided into groups of slowly adapting and rapidly adapting patients.

Tongue position in relation to edentulous mandibular impressions.

An adjustable easily located impression tray handle was used as a device to control tongue position and muscular forces for mandibular complete denture impression-making. This technique is indicated where advanced residual ridge resorption is present. A denture made with a lingual guiding ramp conforming to such an impression is not a panacea for all mandibular denture problems, which have many complex causes.