Dentures Flashcards
What percentage of the population are denture wearers?
15%
Where should the upper denture finish?
1-2mm before the fovae palatine
What sort of landmarks to look for in the upper arch?
Midline raphe, Hamular notch, sulcus and fraena, incisive papilla
What sort of landmarks to look for in the Lower arch?
retromolar pad, external oblique ridge (outer) and mylohyoid ridge (inner), lingual gingival remnant (rare)
What is the average distance from the tip of the incisors to the bac of the incisive papilla?
12 1/2 mm
What issues can arise with the mental nerve and dentures?
When teeth is lost, bone shrinks away and the mental foramen with mental nerve gets closer to the surface - can get pressurised by denture above it so patients get numbness/ sharp pains in this region
Why do impression materials need to be rigid?
impressions have to be sent to the lab and need to retain their shape (alginate prone to shape change due to water changes)
What does greenstick allow you to do?
It allows you to increase the length of a stock tray to make it more suitable for a patient’s mouth e.g. extending the trays over the retromolar pads or post-dam regions
can also use inside a poorly fitting tray to customise to an extent where a satisfactory primary impression can be made
What is the purpose of primary impressions?
record anatomy and permit primary models to be cast
To allow construction of special trays to record working impressions
What is border moulding?
pulling down the lips and cheeks to simulate what happens during chewing/speaking etc whilst taking the impression
How long should you disinfect the impression for?
10 minutes
How can you alter the properties of alginate?
more water = more running and vice verse
What happens to site and pattern in mandibular resorption?
Ridge is pushed further lingual anteriorly (in at the front) and further buccal posteriorly (out at the back)
What happens to site and pattern in maxillary resorption?
Residual ridge is displaced palatally in all cases
What are the influencing factors of bone resorption? (systemic, local, denture induced)
Systemic - osteoporosis
Local - retained roots preserve alveolar bone as do biocompatible implants
Denture induced - some evidence that denture wearing contributes to resorption
What is the molar crossbite?
When the buccal cusps of the upper molars sit inside of the buccal cusps of the lower molars
In edentulous patients this is often due to the buccal resorption of the upper arch and the buccal change of the lower ridge due to the resorptive pattern
How does irregular resorption cause pain?
Caused as mucosa is sandwiched between sharp bony spicules and denture
What is angular cheilitis?
inflammation of one or both corners of the mouth. Often the corners are red with skin breakdown and crusting. It can also be itchy or painful. The condition can last for days to years.
How are the requirements of ridges with and without undercuts different?
Ridge without undercuts (or minimal) - rigid impression material in close fitting special tray
Ridge with large undercuts - elastic impression material in spaced special tray
What are the properties of ZnO?
- Mucostatic - minimal force going through mucosa, recording mucosa at rest - runny material whereas silicone putty is mucocompressive - forces tissues down
- technique is mucocompressive if used with non spaced non perforated tray (close-fitting tray), mucostatic in areas where it isn’t as close-fitting
- Sometimes used with one spacer - fine, bumpy ridge, zno wants to be thickened up around these areas
- Can be used with two spacers and wide perforations in mild flabby areas – relatively mucostatic at the front of the mouth but mucocompressive at the back of the mouth
Cheap, easy to modify and accurate
Why are tissue stops used?
All impression materials work at an optimum thickness
- ZnO needs no tissue stop
- Silicone requires a 1.5mm tissue stop
- Alginate requires a 3mm tissue stop
- stops the tray showing through if excessive pressure is placed
Where should the tray extend to?
Extension of tray should be 1-2mm away from the deepest part of sulcus
Why are finger rests made sometimes?
To prevent the fingers distorting the periphery
How is the impression corrected wherever the tray penetrates?
Use of handpiece and bur to trim away where tray shows through