Rehabilitation of a Hemimandibulectomy Patient with an Overlay Denture-
A Case Report
Published: September 1, 2018 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2018/34939.12034
Siva Prakash Dhanaraj, H Annapoorni
1. Senior Lecturer, Department of Prosthodontics, Meenakshiammal Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
2. Head, Department of Prosthodontics, Meenakshiammal Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Correspondence
1. Senior Lecturer, Department of Prosthodontics, Meenakshiammal Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
2. Head, Department of Prosthodontics, Meenakshiammal Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Prosthetic rehabilitation of hemimandibulectomy patient, with an overlay denture, restores missing skeletal, dental structures, muscle imbalance, maxillomandibular relationship and occlusion. Conventional management with an acrylic ramp or guide plane guides only the non-resected side of the mandible to occlusion. This case report describes rehabilitation of a 13-year-old, hemimandibulectomy patient with tooth supported transitional overlay denture.
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