title: [Treatment planning in patients with a severe reduced dentition].
abstract: Because loss of teeth many people have a reduced maxillary and mandibular dentition. The appropriate prosthetic rehabilitation is dependent on whether or not a standard mutilation of the dentition can be achieved. In this article, the focus is on treatment of a remaining mandibular dentition combined with an edentulous maxilla, whether or not with a reduced residual alveolar ridge. In the literature, there is no consensus on the appropriate prosthetic treatment if implant-supported overdentures are not applicable. The amount of bone loss in already during some time edentulous maxillary and mandibular alveolar ridge segments as well as the available vertical space for the removable (partial) denture are important decision-making factors.
authors.affiliation: Uit de sectie Orale Functieleer, Prothetische Tandheelkunde en Biomaterialen van het Centrum voor Tandheelkunde en Mondzorgkunde, van het Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen. w.kalk@med.umcg.nl
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kalk
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Schwencke
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Droulias
authors.forename: K M A
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: ten Dam
mesh_terms: D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000473:pathology; D003657:Decision Making; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D003828:Denture, Overlay; D003829:Denture, Partial; D006801:Humans; D007576:Jaw, Edentulous, Partially / Q000628:therapy*; D008334:Mandible / Q000473:pathology; D008437:Maxilla / Q000473:pathology; D018579:Patient Selection; D016896:Treatment Outcome