title: Prosthodontic rehabilitation of a patient using a swing-lock lower denture after segmental mandibulectomy.
abstract: A swing-lock denture is useful in partially dentate patients where the configuration of the remaining teeth means that either the retention or stability available for a conventional removable partial denture is compromised. Such removable prostheses can also prove to be extremely useful when providing prosthodontic rehabilitation following surgical resection of oral cancer. A 20 year-old patient was referred to the Restorative Department of Cork University Dental Hospital following segmental mandibulectomy to treat a calicifying epithelial odontogenic tumour (Pindborg Tumour). Initial treatment using a conventional lower partial denture failed. This paper outlines the successfully rehabilitation using a lower Cobalt-Chromium swing-lock partial denture.
authors.affiliation: Cork University Dental School and Hospital, University College Cork, Ireland. g.mckenna@ucc.ie
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: McKenna
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ziada
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Allen
mesh_terms: D001860:Bone Plates; D003779:Denture Design; D003832:Denture, Partial, Removable; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery*; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery; D063175:Mandibular Reconstruction; D009808:Odontogenic Tumors / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery; D055815:Young Adult