1Department of Prosthodontics, Sardar Patel Post Graduate Institute of Dental and Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
2Sardar Patel Post Graduate Institute of Dental and Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Online published on 23 January, 2014.
Fibrous’ or ‘flabby’ alveolar ridges pose significant problems for the provision of stable and retentive dental prosthesis for affected patients. In particular, problems arise during the act of impression making, when forces cause the mobile denture bearing tissues to become distorted. Many approaches have been reported, to manage hyperplastic and movable tissues. This twin case report depicts application of various approaches to manage the flabby ridges in treatment of complete denture.
Flabby Region, Impression, Complete Denture, Mucostatic and Mucodisplasive Impression Technique
