ABSTRACT
Functional stability and the preservation of remaining alveolar bone are primary, and often elusive, goals when restoring the partially edentulous arch. Conventional complete denture wearers experience a number of problem such as instability of the mandibular dentures, inability to masticate food. Overdenture increases the retention , improves support, preserve the alveolar bone by decreasing the rate of resorption and improves the masticatory efficiency resulting in improved quality of life and oral health. The teeth which are preserved play a vital role by improvement of crown root ratio, provide proprioception. Rehabilitation using over dentures is a widely accepted preventive approach due to its ease of fabrication and the successful prognosis. This clinical report describes a multidisciplinary approach for complete oral rehabilitation of a patient with two remaining natural teeth using precision attachment (ceka Preci‑Clix Radicular RC) for mandibular overdenture and conventional overdenture.
ABSTRACT
Background: Obturators are used to separate the oro-nasal opening. These improve speech and other oral functions as well as provide psychological support to the patients. Adding radicular attachments in an obturator makes more effective. Objective: To evaluate and compare the effectiveness of obturator with radicular attachment and conventional obturator in articulation of speech. Materials and Methods: Fifty patients, age ranged from 18 to 72 years, with maxillectomy defect were selected as the sample of the study. Among them 25 patients were treated with obturator with radicular attachment and another 25 patients were treated with conventional obturator. After insertion of obturator, data were collected on the basis of articulation of speech. Results: Patients treated with obturator with radicular attachment showed significantly better (P value <0.001) articulation of speech. Conclusion: Obturator with radicular attachment is more effective than conventional obturator.