Open AccessOverdentures the realms of overshadowness or obliviousness
Author(s) -
Srabanti Nandy,
Sanjit Lal Das,
Uttam Kumar Sen,
Abhijit Karmakar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of dental specialities/journal of dental specialties
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2393-9834
pISSN - 2320-7302
DOI - 10.18231/j.jds.2021.020
Subject(s) - abutment , proprioception , computer science , dentistry , parallelism (grammar) , orthodontics , medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation , engineering , structural engineering , parallel computing
The overdenture is a predictable and valuable option in the treatment of a patient with multiple missing teeth. It aids by preservation of alveolar bone, teeth and supporting structures, maintenance of proprioceptive response and neuromuscular co-ordination, and enhances the quality of a prosthesis by improving the stability, retention and patient acceptance. Often while fabricating an overdenture with retained attachments it becomes mandatory to cast the wax pattern and by no means can that be judged for parallelism with the abutments. A lucid method of obtaining parallelism has been described, adjunct with significant improvement of bite force has been portrayed. Careful case selection and abutment preparation as well as periodic recall is the key to a successful over denture rehabilitation. This case report also depicts the tooth supported overdenture as a viable option with the use of a customized parallelometer which has its ease of use and cost effectiveness for determining parallelism of abutments using a prefabricated ball attachment system and deciphers the increase in bite force in a dynamic manner.