title: Preliminary impressions in microstomia patients: an innovative technique.
abstract: Microstomia has been defined as an abnormally small oral orifice associated with various etiopathologic factors. Management of these patients poses extreme difficulties in every procedure during prosthesis fabrication. Restricted mouth opening of the patient makes the insertion and the removal of the tray extremely difficult. So sectioning of the existing stock tray is necessary, so that the trays can be inserted and removed in sections. The main problem encountered during this procedure is the reorientation of the tray back in position. This article presents an innovative technique for the easy handling of the sectioned stock impression trays.
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, Amrita School of Dentistry, Kochi, India.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aswini Kumar
authors.affiliation: A B Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Nitte University, Mangaluru, India.
authors.forename: Vinaya
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bhat
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, SRM Kattankulanthur Dental College, SRM University Campus, Potheri, Chennai, India.
authors.forename: V Vidyashree
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Nandini
authors.affiliation: AECS Maaruti College of Dental Science, Bengaluru, India.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chandrasekharan Nair
keywords: Magnets; Microstomia; Sectional impressions; Sectional trays