Annals and Essences of Dentistry
  • Year: 2012
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue: 4

An old wine in a new bottle-liquid supported denture for atrophic residual ridge

  • Author:
  • Sunitha Naveen Shamnur1, Vijal Mehta2, Nirmala Kumari1
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 85 to 88

1Department of Prosthodontics, Bapuji Dental College and Hospital, Davangere, Karnataka, India

2Department of Prosthodontics, Sharavathi dental college, Shimoga, Karnataka, India

Online published on 22 June, 2012.

Abstract

Liquid supported denture can be a permanent solution in edentulous patients with atrophied ridge. A complete denture is designed so that the base is covered with a pre-shaped, close fitting flexible foil containing a thin film of high viscosity liquid. Liquid-supported dentures will have optimal stress distribution during masticatory function. It will act as a continuous reliner for the denture and thus has an advantage over the conventional denture.

Keywords

Atrophic ridge, Liquid supported denture, flexible foil, Glycerin