Edentulous State Flashcards
What are the three kinds of prosthodontics?
- Fixed Pros
- Removable Pros
- Maxillofacial Pros
What percent of procedures in GPD invove removable pros?
35%
What population does edentualism most affect?
most vulnerable populations – the aging and the economically disadvantaged
____ can be disabling and handicapping
Tooth Loss
What are some of the science categories that complete dentture pros requires
- Basic sciences
- Biomaterials
- Occlusion
- Esthetics
- Phonetics
A removable dental prosthesis that replaces the entire dentition and associated structures of the maxillae or mandible
Complte Denture
Replaces, teeth soft tissue and hard
What 3 main things does becoming edentulous depend on?
- Level of caries & periodontal disease
- Attiude, behavior, & dental attendance
- Socioeconomic status, drugs, etc.
Is the destruction of part of the facial skeleton accompanying distortion of soft tissue shape and varying degrees of functional inadequacy
Tooth loss
Represents a loss of the integrity of the masticatory system, which is frequently accompanied by adverse functional and esthetic sequelae.
The edentulous State
Teeth are involved in the ____ of food
Trituration; chewing
Explain the relationship of teeth and periodontum
Teeth are attached to the socket via periodontum (AB, PDL, Gingiva), which is attached to the alveolar bone
provides a resilient suspensory apparatus resistant to functional forces and allows teeth to adapt in response to stress.
Periodontun
What are the soft and hard connective tissues of the periodontum?
Soft= PDL & Lamina propia of the gingiva
Hard= Cementum and AB
What are the 2 principle functions of the periodontum?
- Support
- Postional adjustment of tooth
Natural dentition has the dependent function of ____ preception
Sensory Preception
Edentulous teeth no logner have proprioception
In natural dentition during mastication what 2 things occur?
- Biting forces are transmited through dentiton
- Forces increase steadily depending on what youre eating, reach peak then zero.
In natural dentition teeth are in occlsuion in what 3 situations?
- Deglutition (swallowing)
- Ocasional when mastication
- During clenching and grinding (parafunction)
What is tooth contact like in edentulous Pt?
All forces in prosthetic oclussion are not as controlled. Consequently time dependent repsonse of tissues supporting dentues is diffrent!
What is the basic challange in compelete dentures?
To understand the differences between the ways natural teeth and their artificial replacements are supported.
Explain 5 Biochemical support mechanims of periodontum
- 45cm^2 functional support in each arch
- Viscoelastic propertiees
- Sensory mechanims
- Bone remodeling
Explain 4 Biochemical support mechanims of Edentulous arch
- Tissues are unsuited to play support
- Maxillary mucosa support 22.96cm^2
- Mandibular mucosa support 12.25cm^2
- Denture bearing ridge becomes smaller as residual ridge resorbs
In an edentulous arch ____ has little tolerance or adaptability to denture wearing
Mucousa
What can worsen adaptibility of the mucousa in an edentulous arch for denture wearing?
- Systemic disease:anemia, hypertension, diabetes, xerostomia
Any disturbance initiates inflammation
Compare natural teeth biting froce vs CD biting force
Natural teeth (200N) biting power VS Complete Denture (60-80N) max
What 3 things does the residual ridge consist of?
- Denture bearing mucousa
- Submucosa & periodsteum
- Underlying bone
What happnes after tooth extraction when the alveoli (root location) is filled with new bone?
Formation of the residual alveolar processes, forming the residual ridge
Foundation for dentures, lol, ill suited.
The alveolar ridge is subject to ongoing gradual ____
Resorption
resorbtipn ocurs most rapid where?
In the anterior mandible, doesa not occur evenly over ridge, rate varies depending on pt.
Bone resporbiton on the maxilla occurs?
Superio posterior direcrion