A less radical surgical approach to the solution of prosthetic problems.
Pre-prosthetic surgery is but an aid to good prosthetics and patients requiring it are often elderly and/or infirm. Prosthetic requirements should govern both the design and the amount of surgery undertaken to facilitate the insertion of a satisfactory and successful denture. The manner in which the author relates his practice to these concepts is described.
D000368:Aged; D001284:Atrophy / Q000601:surgery; D003778:Dentures; D006801:Humans; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D008437:Maxilla / Q000601:surgery; D008439:Maxillary Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009055:Mouth / Q000601:surgery*; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014727:Vestibuloplasty