title: Preprosthetic vestibular sulcus extension by the operation of Edlan and Mejchar. A 2-year follow-up study-I.
abstract: Nineteen patients suffering from denture retention problems and/or pain on function due to atrophy of the mandibular alveolar ridge were operated on by the method of EDLAN & MEJCHAR. All patients felt an improvement of denture retention. Three out of seven still had pain on function after the operation. An average of 80% of the surgically created sulcus extension remained after 2 years.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001284:Atrophy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003781:Denture Retention; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D013516:Oral Surgical Procedures, Preprosthetic / Q000379:methods*; D010146:Pain; D014727:Vestibuloplasty / Q000379:methods*