Manejo interdisciplinario para una óptima rehabilitación oral / Interdisciplinary management for optimal oral rehabilitation

Las estrategias para el éxito en la rehabilitación bucal requieren de la interrelación de varias disciplinas que en conjunto logren resultados predecibles y duraderos. La visión individualizada de cada área de especialidad puede conllevar a no ofrecer la mejor alternativa de tratamiento, es por ello que la valoración, el diagnóstico y la planificación del caso clínico debe ser realizada por un equipo interdisciplinario para evitar esta situación y crear una sinergia en donde el «todo sea mayor que la suma de sus partes¼. El objetivo de este trabajo es presentar un caso clínico en el cual intervinieron varias áreas de especialidad: periodoncia, prostodoncia, cirugía oral y patología bucal, logrando devolver la función y la estética a través del manejo interdisciplinario (AU)

The strategies for success in oral rehabilitation require the interrelation of several disciplines, which together, achieve predictable and lasting results. The individualized view of each specialty area may lead to not offering the best treatment alternative, which is why the assessment, diagnosis, and planning of the clinical case must be carried out by an interdisciplinary team to avoid this situation and create a synergy in where the «whole is greater than the sum of its parts¼. The objective of this work is to present a clinical case where several areas of specialty intervened: periodontics, prosthodontics, oral surgery, and oral pathology, thus achieving the return of function and aesthetics through interdisciplinary management (AU)

Frenectomy for improvement of a problematic conventional maxillary complete denture in an elderly patient: a case report

Maxillary labial and buccal frena are considered as normal anatomic structures in the oral cavity. However, they may exist intraorally as a thick broad fibrous attachment and/or become located near the crest of the residual ridge, thus interfering with proper denture border extension resulting in inferior denture stability, retention and overall patient satisfaction. This case report highlights the importance of clinical examination and treatment planning which may mandate preprosthetic surgery prior to fabrication of a new conventional complete denture. Adequate patient satisfaction with conventional complete dentures can be significantly increased after frenectomy.

Impactação do segmento posterior da maxila através de osteotomia para reabilitação protética: relato de caso / Segmentary impactation in jawbone posterior through osteotomy for prosthetic rehabilitation

A perda prematura dos dentes naturais provoca importantes alterações, podendo ocasionar desde a migração de dentes até a extrusão do processo alveolar, especialmente em pacientes que não utilizam nenhum tipo de prótese no arco antagonista. Quando ocorre uma extrusão severa do processo alveolar, a extração dos dentes torna-se inevitável. Para solucionar o problema, existe a alternativa de realizar a técnica de impactação da região posterior da maxila por meio de osteotomia, para possibilitar uma futura reabilitação estética e funcional, sem a perda ou desgaste de estruturas rígidas.

The premature loss of the natural teeth makes a important alterations, could cause from the migration of teeth to the extrusion of the alveolar process, especially in patient that they don’t use any prosthesis type. When it happens a severe extrusion of the alveolar process, the extraction of the teeth becomes inevitable. To solve the problem, the alternative exists of accomplishing the technique of impaction the maxillary, through the bilateral segmentary maxillary osteotomy, to turn possible a future aesthetic and functional rehabilitation, without the loss or wear and tear of structures.