Open AccessTreatment of Edentulous Patients Having Exaggerated Gag Reflex with Palateless Upper Denture
Author(s) -
Sundus Ismail Al-azzawi,
Raya Hatim Salal.,
Azhar Ahmed Mohammed Ali
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
almustansiriya journal of pharmaceutical sciences/al-mustansiriyah journal of pharmaceutical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2959-183X
pISSN - 1815-0993
DOI - 10.32947/ajps.v8i2.348
Subject(s) - pharyngeal reflex , dentures , medicine , dentistry , reflex , orthodontics , taste , psychology , surgery , anesthesia , neuroscience
Gag reflex is one of the major problems that may face some complete denture wearer. This clinical study was conducted on twenty patients suffering from gagging reflex selected from hundreds attending teaching clinic of medical technical institute in Baghdad, each patient received a palateless upper denture.The results showed that the palateless dentures were retentive, comfortable and permit good taste for eighteen of them after six months follow up, while two patients cannot accommodate to their dentures. It was concluded that such a reflex can be overcomed by constructing such dentures.