enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Complete denture occlusion - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complete_denture_occlusion

   Generally, complete denture occlusion should be influenced by patient satisfaction following a paternalistic shift in the provision of dental care. Besford et al. suggests that provision that complete denture anterior disclusion should be driven by patient's aesthetic preferences incorporating an overjet .

3. Complete dentures - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complete_dentures

   A complete denture (also known as a full denture, false teeth or plate) is a removable appliance used when all teeth within a jaw have been lost and need to be prosthetically replaced. In contrast to a partial denture , a complete denture is constructed when there are no more teeth left in an arch; hence, it is an exclusively tissue-supported ...

4. Neutral zone (dentistry) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutral_zone_(dentistry)

   Complete dentures that are constructed in this way exhibit enhanced stability, retention and comfort. The neutral zone is an important concept in prosthodontics, because prosthetic teeth generally must conform to the horizontal position determined by the neutral zone. Prostheses which set teeth outside this zone risk problems such as discomfort ...

5. Dentures - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dentures

   Dentures can help people via: Mastication: chewing ability is improved by the replacement of edentulous (lacking teeth) areas with denture teeth.; Aesthetics: the presence of teeth gives a natural appearance to the face, and wearing a denture to replace missing teeth provides support for the lips and cheeks and corrects the collapsed appearance that results from the loss of teeth.

6. Occlusion (dentistry) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occlusion_(dentistry)

   Occlusion, in a dental context, means simply the contact between teeth.More technically, it is the relationship between the maxillary (upper) and mandibular (lower) teeth when they approach each other, as occurs during chewing or at rest.

7. Overdenture - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overdenture

   Mandibular bone loss was examined by Crum and Rooney 1978 in patients with immediate complete dentures and in those with immediate overdentures on two lower canines. They found over the five years after placement 0.6mm bone loss in the overdenture group and 5.2 mm in the immediate complete dentures in the anterior part of the mandible.