Overdenture with magnetic attachments for a patient with Parkinson's disease: a case report.
10.14368/jdras.2016.32.4.301
- Author:
Bo Young MA
1
;
Byung Kwee MIN
;
Hong So YANG
;
Sang Won PARK
;
Hyun Pil LIM
;
Kwi Dug YUN
;
Chan PARK
;
Jin Ho SHIN
Author Information
1. Department of Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea. mcnihil@jnu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Parkinson's disease;
overdenture;
magnetic attachment
- MeSH:
Dental Caries;
Dentists;
Denture, Complete;
Denture, Overlay*;
Humans;
Male;
Mandible;
Maxilla;
Middle Aged;
Parkinson Disease*;
Tooth
- From:Journal of Dental Rehabilitation and Applied Science
2016;32(4):301-306
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
It is very hard for edentulous patients to satisfy retention and stability with their complete denture. Especially, for patients with systemic diseases such as Parkinson's disease causing involuntary and limited movements, fabricating complete dentures may be challenging to both dentists and patients due to functional limitations. To overcome this problem, overdentures can be used through conserving retained roots. In this case, a 45-year-old male patient had to extract numerous teeth due to dental caries, and at the time of visit he was taking drugs for diabetes and Parkinson's disease for a period of long time. A complete denture was applied to maxilla, and for mandible, an overdenture on two preserved retained roots was applied where its retention and stability were obtained by magnetic attachments. This case reports that overdenture with retained roots improved overall functional limitations.
