title: Orthotic therapy for the partially or fully edentulous patient.
abstract: The limited research on the correlation between partially and fully edentulous patients and temporomandibular dysfunction leads this author to believe that a practitioner could expect 25 to 75% of the patients in need of phase 1 orthotic therapy to be in one of these two groups. Unfortunately, most of the literature on orthotic therapy documents cases with a full complement of natural teeth. This chapter gives a systematic approach to the fabrication and insertion of orthotics on and over full and partial dentures.
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Bledsoe
mesh_terms: D003766:Dental Occlusion; D003779:Denture Design; D003824:Denture, Complete; D003832:Denture, Partial, Removable; D006801:Humans; D007575:Jaw, Edentulous / Q000150:complications*; D007576:Jaw, Edentulous, Partially / Q000150:complications; D013165:Splints; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*