scholarly journals Reliability and comparison of two facial measurements to detect changes of occlusal vertical dimension in complete denture wearers

BDJ ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 212 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-83
1985 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 69-74
Author(s):  
Shingo Tani ◽  
Hidetoshi Tamura ◽  
Kazuo Matsuda ◽  
Seiji Ishijima ◽  
Koichiro Yoshida ◽  
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2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaimaa M. Fouda ◽  
Mohamed S. Al-Attar ◽  
Jorma I. Virtanen ◽  
Aune Raustia

Complete denture wearers often find it difficult to accept a new denture. Personality traits are among the factors that possibly affect patient satisfaction with a complete denture. Our aim was to investigate the influence of patients’ personality on satisfaction with their present denture and after an increase in the occlusal vertical dimension (OVD). Sixty edentulous patients with complete dentures (22 men and 38 women, mean age 66 years, and range 50–75 years) participated in the study. The age of their complete dentures ranged from 5 to 16 years. Patients’ personalities were evaluated using the Arabic version of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire. Their satisfaction with their dentures before and after restoration of the OVD and relining of the mandibular denture was evaluated using two questionnaires (I and II), Patients with a high score of neuroticism were less satisfied with their original dentures and after relining and an increase of OVD compared with patients with an average score in that trait. The personality trait of psychoticism was significant to patients’ acceptance of an increase in OVD; that is, patients with a high score were less satisfied with their dentures after increase of OVD than patients with an average score. It is concluded that personality traits affect patients’ acceptance of their complete dentures.


2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danny Omar Mendoza Marin ◽  
Andressa Rosa Perin Leite ◽  
Norberto Martins de Oliveira Junior ◽  
Marco Antonio Compagnoni ◽  
Ana Carolina Pero ◽  
...  

The assessment and reestablishment of the occlusal vertical dimension (OVD) are considered important factors in the treatment of complete denture wearers. The long-time use of a complete denture can result in jaw displacement due to abrasion of the artificial teeth and residual ridge resorption, causing esthetic complications. Most patients with old dentures and incorrect OVD accept reestablishment of the OVD with new complete dentures, even if they were used to their old dentures. The present clinical report describes a method of gradual reestablishment of OVD using a diagnostic acrylic splint on artificial teeth in old complete dentures before the manufacture of new complete dentures.Clinical Significance. The use of a reversible treatment for reestablishment of the OVD in old complete dentures with a diagnostic occlusal acrylic splint allows for the reestablishment of the intermaxillary relationship, providing physiological conditions of masticatory performance associated with the recovery of facial esthetics in edentulous patients.


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