title: The functional deformation of maxillary complete dentures in patients with flabby alveolar ridges. Part II: After surgery.
abstract: Using strain-gauged maxillary complete dentures, the effects of the surgical removal of soft mobile tissue over the maxillary edentulous alveolar ridges--flabby ridges--on the deformation pattern and magnitude of functional strain were studied in five subjects. The results showed that a 20-90% reduction in denture deformation had taken place after surgery. Furthermore, a pre-operative shear-straining pattern of the buccal flanges and the lateral palatal slopes was not evident post-operatively. The results of this study point on the beneficial value of early surgical removal of flabby maxillary alveolar ridges.
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Malmö, Sweden.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: el Ghazali
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nilner
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wallenius
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000601:surgery*; D001732:Bite Force; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003799:Dental Stress Analysis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003781:Denture Retention; D003827:Denture, Complete, Upper; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008409:Mastication; D008875:Middle Aged; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000601:surgery; D013516:Oral Surgical Procedures, Preprosthetic