FABRICATION OF FLANGELESS COMPLETE DENTURE TO IMPROVE ESTHETICS: A CASE REPORT

Mandeep Kaur^1, , Shiv Kumar¹, Sakshi Malhotra Kaura¹, Simratdeep Kaur¹ and Jaspreet Singh²

¹Department of Prosthodontics, Luxmi Bai Institute of Dental Sciences, Patiala, Punjab

²PG student, Department of Prosthodontics, Gian Sagar Dental College & Hospital, Banur (Patiala), Punjab

Cite this paper:
Mandeep Kaur, Shiv Kumar, Sakshi Malhotra Kaura, Simratdeep Kaur and Jaspreet Singh. FABRICATION OF FLANGELESS COMPLETE DENTURE TO IMPROVE ESTHETICS: A CASE REPORT. International Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. 2018; 6(2):43-50. doi: 10.12691/ijcdr-6-2-2

Abstract

Face is the most important part which determines one’s social acceptance. Loss of teeth affects the facial appearance and also may create psychological trauma in a patient. Prosthesis may affect the appearance of a person by either enhancing or detracting from natural appearance. In routine dental practice, patients with varying ridge morphology are encountered. One of the common variations observed is the thick labial cortical plates with severe labial undercut. This case report describes an alternative to surgical correction of an inclined premaxilla with severe anterior undercut in a completely edentulous patient. Conventional denture fabrication produced an excessive labial fullness giving a simian appearance. Thus, flangeless denture was planned to give a more esthetic appearance to the patient.

Keywords:
Pre-prosthetic surgery unconventional pre-maxilla flangeless

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