title: [Gerontoprosthesis. Concept of rebuilding old complete dentures].
abstract: If aged patients who have been wearing their full dentures without complications so far, need further prothetic treatment, the dentist must not replace the old denture by a completely new one. It is better to rebuild it step by step. This demand is based on the following theses: --Nobody but the patient himself is able to perform functional movements. --Unless bite and occlusion are correct, patients are not able to perform accurate functional movements. --When bite and occlusion have been checked and, if necessary, improved, bases and alveolar ridges must be congruent.
authors.affiliation: Poliklinik und Klinik für Zahn-, Mund- und Kieferkranheiten, Münster.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Marxkors
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mayer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016321:Dental Care for Aged; D003780:Denture Repair; D003824:Denture, Complete; D006801:Humans
vernacular_title: Gerontoprothetik. Konzept zur Aufarbeitung alter Totalprothesen.