Managing Patient's expectations in prosthodontics

Question 1

Reasons why patients may be dissatisfied with dentures

Answer 1

related to denture retention and stability
- usually lower denture
Patient may not be aware of limitations
aesthetic expectations unmet
decreased chewing efficiency
change in facial aesthetics due to tooth loss

Question 2

pros risk assessments - key questions to ask

Answer 2

How long ago were teeth lost?
how many dentures have you had since losing teeth?
how old is the most recent denture you had made?
are you wearing the last denture you had made?

Question 3

Examination of denture bearing area - things to look our for

Answer 3

severely resorbed ridges
flabby ridges
tori
prominent mentalis muscles, mylohyoid ridge, genial tubercles
high muscle attachments
pain on ridge palpation