DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT PLANNING FOR EDENTULOUS PATIENTS

TOPIC: DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT PLANNING FOR EDENTULOUS PATIENTS

🎯 KEY FACTS 

🔹 Posterior Palatal Seal area is used to complete the peripheral valve seal across the distal border of the denture.

🔹 Abfraction is the pathologic loss of hard tooth substance caused by biomechanical loading forces.

🔹 Angular Cheilitis is the inflammation of the angles of the mouth causing redness and the production of the fissures. It is also called ‘perleche’.

🔹 Class I Type Of Soft Palate is the most favourable to the complete denture retention, as it allows more tissue coverage for the palatal seal.

🔹 Snow Shoe Principle enhances the support of complete denture by using the maximal coverage within the normal functional limits.

🔹 Mean Foundation Plane is the mean of the various irregularities in form and inclination of the basal seat.