title: Prosthodontic management of a completely edentulous patient with microstomia: a case report.
abstract: Patients with microstomia who need to wear removable dental prosthesis often face difficulty of being unable to insert or remove the prosthesis because of restricted opening of the oral cavity. Prosthetic rehabilitation of patients with microstomia presents difficulties in all the clinical steps. In such patients, it is difficult to make impressions and fabricate dentures using conventional method. This clinical report describes prosthodontic management of a completely edentulous patient with microstomia developed due to oral sub mucous fibrosis. Sectional maxillary denture was fabricated using a sectional impression tray technique. With the use of magnets and palatal midline press button attachment, the denture could be easily inserted and removed in two parts. Mandibular denture was fabricated by the conventional method.
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, Sinhgad Dental College and Hospital, S.No. 44/1, Vadgaon (Bk), Off Sinhgad Road, Pune, India.
authors.forename: Mulay
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gauri
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, M.A.Rangoonwala College of Dental Sciences and Research Centre, Pune, India.
authors.forename: Dugal
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ramandeep
keywords: Microstomia; Sectional denture; Sectional tray; Sub mucous fibrosis