lec 5 Flashcards
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- Function: Primary stress bearing area. (maxilla)
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RESIDUAL RIDGE
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compact bone covered with a layer of fibrous connective tissue that is firmly attached.
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crest
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- Ideal features: of supporting structures
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o Firmly attached.
o Keratinized or masticatory type.
o The submucosa should be resilient, fibrous connective tissue having average thickness and should be firmly attached.
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o More surface area
o Favorable shaped
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- Class I: SQUARE
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o Associated with a high arched palate
o Less retention and stability
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- Class II: TAPERED
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o Comparatively less common.
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- Class III: OVOID
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Classification based on INTERRIDGE RELATIONSHIP
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- Anterior
o Class I
o Class II
o Class III - Posterior
o Class I
o Class II
o Class III
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Types based on the SHAPE (cross section)
A. ________ – Good prognosis.
B. ___________ – favorable prognosis, common in mandible.
C._____________ – poor prognosis; usually seen in mandible.
D. ________– poor prognosis.
E. _________– poor prognosis.
F. _________ – potential for difficulties.
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U shape
V shaped/ tapered
Knife edge
Flat
Inverted
Undercut
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- Function: Secondary stress bearing area (Maxilla)
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RUGAE AREA
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- It resists forward movement of the denture.
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RUGAE AREA
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- Significance: relief area
o Mucosa is thin and nonresilient.
o Fulcrum point: cause rocking of the denture.
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MEDIAN PALATINE RAPHE
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o Submucosa contains adipose tissue.
o Significance: secondary retentive area.
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HARD PALATE
* Anterolateral
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o Glandular region
o Significance: secondary retentive area
o Should not be compressed as it can interfere with the function of the glands.
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HARD PALATE
* Posterolateral
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o Most favorable for retention & stability.
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- Class I – U shaped
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o Not very favorable
o Slight movement will break the seal and cause loss of retention.
o Associated with tapered arch.
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- Class II – V shaped
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o Not very favorable
o Poor resistance to lateral forces.
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- Class III – Flat or shallow
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- Small tissue projection that covers incisive foramen through which nasopalatine nerves and vessels pass.
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INCISIVE PAPILLA
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- Significance: Relief area
o Pressure on nasopalatine nerve can cause paresthesia, pain, burning sensation.
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INCISIVE PAPILLA
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- Function: relived when prominent to prevent soreness
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ZYGOMATIC PROCESS (MALAR PROCESS)
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- Significance: it should be covered, teeth are not set in this region
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MAXILLARY TUBEROSITY
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I. Maxillary
a. Supporting Structures
(7)
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i. Residual Ridge
ii. Rugae Area
iii. Median Palatine Raphe
iv. Hard Palate
v. Incisive Papilla
vi. Zygomatic Process (Malar Process)
vii. Maxillary Tuberosity
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MAXILLA
LIMITING STRUCTURES (11)
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i. Labial Frenum
ii. Buccal Frenum
iii. Labial Vestibule
iv. Buccal Vestibule
v. Coronoid Process
vi. Masseter Muscle
vii. Pterygomaxillary (Hamular) Notch
viii. Pterygomandibular Raphe
ix. Fovea Palatinae
x. Vibrating Lines
xi. Posterior Palatal Seal
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- Location: fold of mucous membrane at the median line.
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LABIAL FRENUM
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- Significance: relief area (labial notch)
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LABIAL FRENUM
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* Single fold, double fold, broad and fan shape.
* Significance: relief area (buccal notch)
BUCCAL FRENUM
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o Sulcal or low attachment.
Frenal Attachment Classification
* Class I
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o Attaches midway between the sulcus and crest of the ridge.
Frenal Attachment Classification
* Class II
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o Crestal or near crestal (high) attachment.
Frenal Attachment Classification
* Class III
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* Location: sulcus area between labial and buccal frenum
LABIAL VESTIBULE
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* Significance:
o Accommodates labial flange of the denture
o Valve seal
o Affects the appearance of the patient.
LABIAL VESTIBULE
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* Location: sulcus area from buccal frenum to the hamular notch
BUCCAL VESTIBULE
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* Significance:
o Accommodates buccal flange of the denture.
o Peripheral seal
o Vestibular space is affected by the action of the masseter muscle and coronoid process.
BUCCAL VESTIBULE
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* Location: fold of membrane found on the buccal side
BUCCAL FRENUM
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* Location: buccal to maxillary tuberosity
CORONOID PROCESS
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* Significance: as the mandible moves forward, it affects the buccal flange.
* Distal portion of upper denture dislodge when mouth opened.
CORONOID PROCESS
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* Significance: Reduces distobuccal space under heavy biting pressure that can destabilize denture.
MASSETER MUSCLE
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* Location: distal to maxillary tuberosity
PTERYGOMAXILLARY (HAMULAR) NOTCH
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* Significance:
o Marks the posterior limit of the denture
o Additional pressure can be placed in the notch to produce a seal (pterygomaxillary seal).
PTERYGOMAXILLARY (HAMULAR) NOTCH
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* Location: extends from the hamulus to the distolingual corner of retromolar pad.
PTERYGOMANDIBULAR RAPHE
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* Significance: extension of denture beyond hamular notch can cause tissue injury upon opening of the mouth.
PTERYGOMANDIBULAR RAPHE
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* Location: two small indentations found on the posterior part of the palate of the midline.
PALATINE FOVEA
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* Significance: guide for the posterior boarder of denture (posterior vibrating line is 2mm anterior to the foveae).
PALATINE FOVEA
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* Location: between anterior and posterior vibrating line (Cupid’s bow shape)
POSTERIOR PALATAL SEAL
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* Function:
o Additional pressure may be placed in this area to effect a seal.
o Posterior vibrating line marks the posterior limit of the denture.
POSTERIOR PALATAL SEAL
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Determines the extent of additional area available for retention as well as width of the posterior palatal seal area
Soft Palate Classification
* Class I – almost horizontal
* Class II – slope about 45 degrees from the hard palate.
* Class III – slope about 70 degrees from the hard palate.
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* Significance:
o Secondary relief area – relieved especially if it is sharp, spongy or full of nutrient canals.
CREST OF RESIDUAL ALVEOLAR RIDGE
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* Thin plate of cortical bone
* Function: secondary stress bearing
SLOPES OF THE RESIDUAL RIDGE
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BUCCAL SHELF AREA
* Boundaries:
o Anteriorly – ___________
o Posteriorly – ____________
o Medially – ____________
o Laterally – _____________
buccal frenum
retromolar pad
crest of the ridge
external oblique line
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* Function: primary stress bearing area because it is at right angle to vertical occlusal force and covered with dense smooth cortical bone.
BUCCAL SHELF AREA
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* Bony ridge on the lingual side of the mandible.
* *varies widely between patients.
MYLOHYOID RIDGE
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* Function: determines the height of the lingual flange.
MYLOHYOID RIDGE
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* Location: near or on the ridge crest in the premolar region.
MENTAL FORAMEN
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MENTAL FORAMEN
* Function: relieved – pressure on the mental nerve can cause ___________.
numbness of the lip
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* Relieved/ surgically removed.
TORUS MANDIBULARIS
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II. Mandibular
a. Supporting Structures
(6)
i. Crest of Alveolar Ridge
ii. Slopes of Residual Ridge
iii. Buccal Shelf Area
iv. Mylohyoid Ridge
v. Mental Foramen
vi. Torus Mandibularis
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LIMITING STRUCTURES
MANDIBLE (8)
* Labial frenum
* Buccal frenum
* Labial vestibule
* Buccal vestibule
* Retromolar pad
* Retromylohyoid curtain
* Alveololingual sulcus
* Lingual frenum
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* Band of fibrous connective tissue.
* Significance: relief area.
LABIAL FRENUM & BUCCAL FRENUM
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* Significance:
o Accommodates labial & buccal flange of the denture.
o Forms part of the valve seal.
LABIAL & BUCCAL SULCUS/ VESTIBULE
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* It does not govern the extension of the buccal flange but by the mucobuccal fold.
EXTERNAL OBLIQUE RIDGE
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* Significance: palpation of the external oblique ridge helps to judge the amount of the resistance or lack of resistance offered by the border tissues of this region.
EXTERNAL OBLIQUE RIDGE
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* A body ridge runs antero-posteriorly outside the buccal shelf.
* Denture border 1-2mm beyond this ridge.
* Shows as groove in impression.
EXTERNAL OBLIQUE RIDGE
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* A triangular pad that contains glandular tissue, loose areolar connective tissue, the lower margin of the pterygomandibular raphe, fibers of the buccinator, and superior constrictor and fibers of the temporal tendon.
RETROMOLAR PAD
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* Significance: forms part of the valve seal area.
RETROMOLAR PAD
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LINGUAL BORDER ANATOMY (7)
1. Retromylohyoid curtain
2. Alveololingual sulcus (lingual vestibule)
3. Lingual frenum
4. Mylohyoid muscle
5. Mylohyoid ridge
6. Genial tubercle
7. Sublingual gland region
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* Wall of mucous membrane which limits the distolingual part of the denture flange.
RETROMYLOHYOID CURTAIN
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* Significance:
o Accommodates the distolingual part of the denture.
o Pulled forward when the tongue is thrust out.
o Forms part of the peripheral valve seal area.
RETROMYLOHYOID CURTAIN
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* *The ___________________ gives the characteristic “S” curve of the lingual flange.
action of the mylohyoid muscle
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* Significance: extension of the lingual flange is influenced by the action of
MYLOHOID MUSCLE
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* Attachment of mylohyoid muscle.
MYLOHYOID RIDGE
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* Significance:
o Denture flange should extend below the mylohyoid ridge. If border rest above the ridge, there will be displacement of the denture, soreness, and the seal will be broken easily.
o Severe resorption – it becomes prominent. Should be surgically corrected or relieved in the impression.
MYLOHYOID RIDGE
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* Attaches the tongue anteriorly.
* Significance: relief area.
LINGUAL FRENUM
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* Hard projection on the lingual side of the mandible in the midline.
* Prominent on excessively resorbed ridge.
* Significance: Relieved to avoid pain.
GENIAL TUBERCLE
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* Significance: limits the height of lingual flange. When the floor of the mouth is raised, the gland comes close to the crest of the ridge
Sublingual gland region
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* Rest on the anterior region of the mylohyoid muscle.
Sublingual gland region
