3. Fully edentulous patient Flashcards
Define fully edentulous patient (2)
- Individual (usually an adult) without erupted teeth nor tooth buds in its jaws.
- lost all of his/her teeth or never has had any
Define edentulism
state of being edentulous; without natural teeth
What was the prevalence of edentulism in 1975 in the US
11% of population
What was the prevalence of edentulism in 2000 in the US
10% of the population
Avg age for edentulism?
70-80
What decreases the prevelence of edentulism? (2)
prevention and conservative dentistry
What increases the prevalence of edentulism?
increased life expectancy
Etiology of edentulism? (4)
- Periodontal disease ( most common cause)
- Caries
- Traumatisms
- Anodontia
What is anodontia? (2)
- congenital absence of teeth
- Usually due to hereditary syndromes, like ectodermal dysplasia
What is the most common Etiology of edentulism?
• Periodontal disease
What changes when a patient is edentulous? (5)
Personality • Facial changes • Intraoral changes • Extraoral changes • Functional changes
What personality changes occur with edentulism?
-shyness
First appointment with an edentulous patient should not be…
very through
What facial profile changes occur with edentulism? (5)
- Decreased VD
- Loss of bone support for perioral muscles.
- Lip alterations
- Pseudoprognathism
- Deepened facial furrows
What lip alterations occur with edentulism? (3)
- Lip collapse.
- Loss of lip expressivity.
- Widening of the mouth
What deppened facial furrows occur with edentulism? (2)
- Nasolabial furrow.
- Corners of the mouth:
Due to loss of VD » angular cheilitis.
Edentulism: What intraoral changes occur with oral mucosa ? (3)
• Two kinds: masticatory mucosa (attached gingiva)
and lining mucosa (alveolar mucosa).
• Muco-gingival junction.
• Atrophic mucosa
Edentulism: What happens with atrophic mucosa ? (4)
- Slimming of mucosa.
- Retraction.
- Loss of elasticity.
- Fragility.
Edentulism: Bone reabsorption factors? (4)
• Anatomical factors: previous quantity and density of bone.
• Metabolic factors: bone metabolism (PTH, TSH,
calcitonin)
• Prosthetic factors: bad fit of the prosthesis.
• Surgical factors: careless tooth extraction
• Functional factors
Edentulism: what are the functional bone reabsoprtion factors? (3)
- Pressure (Bose’s law & Jore’s law)
- Vascularization