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Implant‐supported denture in a patient with Huntington's disease: interdisciplinary aspects
Author(s) -
Jackowski Jochen,
Dent Dr Med,
Andrich Jurgen,
Kdppeler Harald,
Zöllner Axel,
Dent Dr Med,
Jöhren Peter,
Dent Dr Med,
Müller Thomas
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
special care in dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.328
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1754-4505
pISSN - 0275-1879
DOI - 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2001.tb00218.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dentistry , oral hygiene , implant , tongue , alveolar ridge , dyskinesia , orthodontics , disease , surgery , parkinson's disease , pathology
Patients with extrapyramidal diseases often cannot maintain independent, efficient oral hygiene due to restricted motor ability of the upper extremities and lack of coordination. The hermetic closure of the mouth and lips, and the associated ability to keep liquid and toothpaste in the mouth, can become so weak that effective oral hygiene cannot be maintained. Over a period of many years, this illness leads to loss of teeth and the need for complete prosthodontic care. Dyskinesia and hyperkinesia of the tongue and the peri‐oral musculature, combined with xerostomia and pooling of saliva, make it impossible for the patient to wear a conventional complete denture, despite an anatomically‐adequate bearing area. In such cases, an implant‐supported prosthesis is a better therapeutic measure, although some aspects of oral hygiene must initially be disregarded. Two ITI TM implants were inserted into the anterior mandibular region of a patient with Huntington's chorea, because a complete denture could not be retained on the alveolar ridge, despite adequate vestibule depth, due to tongue dyskinesia. A bar joint was used to anchor this mucosal‐borne denture. This implant‐supported complete denture led to a clear improvement in the patient's chewing function when observed over a period of a year.