Recording the Centric Relation in an Edentulous Patient Using the Existing Complete Denture Mounted with Gothic Arch Tracer | Zendy

Wei Xu | Zendy; Xianbin Meng | Zendy; Lang Guo | Zendy; Xiaoping Luo | Zendy; Wei Han | Zendy

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Recording the Centric Relation in an Edentulous Patient Using the Existing Complete Denture Mounted with Gothic Arch Tracer

Author(s) -

Wei Xu,

Xianbin Meng,

Lang Guo,

Xiaoping Luo,

Wei Han

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

case reports in dentistry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.221

H-Index - 11

eISSN - 2090-6447

pISSN - 2090-6455

DOI - 10.1155/2021/7819818

Subject(s) - medicine , mastication , arch , dentistry , orthodontics , centric relation , mandibular arch , surgery , occlusion , civil engineering , engineering

An 80-year-old man sought treatment at our hospital. He was dissatisfied with his old complete denture due to its poor stability and retention. The old complete denture had been used for about 20 years. The prolonged use of an unsuitable complete denture led the patient to be accustomed to unilateral mastication (UM). Due to the patient long-term habitual mandibular deviation, using the physiological technique to get the centric relation (CR) achieved an incorrect horizontal maxillomandibular record. This clinical report presents a technique using the existing complete denture mounted with a Gothic arch tracer to determine the CR. This technique is an inexpensive, simple, and reliable method that allows fabricating the final impression and obtaining the maxillomandibular relationship record (MMRR) in one step.

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