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- The primary treatment for completely toothless patients is usually traditional removable complete dentures.
- A complete denture fabrication requires careful clinical evaluations and often radiographic imaging, although such imaging is often skipped if there are no apparent issues.
- This case report highlights an instance where routine radiographic examination of a symptom-free edentulous patient uncovered an odontogenic keratocyst in the anterior maxilla, emphasizing the necessity of these pre-prosthetic investigations.
Article Abstract
The most common modality of treatment for completely edentulous patients are conventional removable complete dentures. The protocol for fabrication of complete denture would involve a thorough clinical examination and radiographic investigation. As a routine, unless clinical findings suggest presence of remnant tooth structures, or the patient presents himself with symptoms, the radiographic investigations are overlooked. This case report presents one such situation wherein routine radiographic evaluation of a clinically asymptomatic edentulous individual prior to prosthetic rehabilitation revealed the presence of an odontogenic keratocyst of anterior maxilla substantiating the importance of such routine pre-prosthetic radiographic investigations.
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