Open AccessEvaluation of Resting Tongue Position in Recently Extracted and Long Term Completely Edentulous Patients: A Prospective Interventional Study
Author(s) -
K. Rajeshwari,
Shivani Kohli,
Xavier Mathew
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/23709.9683
Subject(s) - tongue , mcnemar's test , medicine , dentistry , orthodontics , position (finance) , mathematics , pathology , statistics , finance , economics
Presence of abnormal resting tongue position can lead to poor denture retention and stability. The prevalence of retracted tongue position has been found to be higher in partially edentulous subjects compared to dentate subjects and is greatest in completely edentulous individuals.