Full mouth rehabilitation in a patient with reduced vertical dimension due to numerous tooth loss and excessie worn dentition: A case report
10.4047/jkap.2019.57.4.456
- Author:
Eun Hyuk LEE
1
;
Young Jun LIM
;
Ho Beom KWON
;
Myung Joo KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea. silk1@snu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Full mouth rehabilitation;
Digital dentistry;
Guided surgery;
Occlusal vertical dimension;
Worn dentition
- MeSH:
Dentistry;
Dentition;
Humans;
Mouth Rehabilitation;
Mouth;
Tooth Loss;
Tooth;
Vertical Dimension
- From:The Journal of Korean Academy of Prosthodontics
2019;57(4):456-466
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
As digital dentistry technology is being developed, it is being used in various ways. This case covers how digital dentistry technology is being applied on the treatment of patients with loss of vertical dimension due to worn dentition and multiple loss of teeth. The loss of vertical dimension was carefully assessed and recovered, and implants were placed with surgical guides, designed considering the final restoration. The movement of the mandibular was measured with the electronic instrument for recording mandibular movement. Wax-up process was done with Naturgemäße Aufwachs-Technik (N.A.T.) and Natural functional reconstruction (N.F.R.). It was scanned, and the provisional restoration was fabricated using Computer-Aided-Design/Computer-Aided-Manufacturing (CAD/CAM) technology, and the adjustment process was done at the clinic to meet with the satisfaction both functionally and esthetically, and then, using double scanning and CAD/CAM technology, it was carried out as a final restoration. As a result, the patient obtained satisfying results, utilizing the benefits of digital dentistry technology and traditional methods.
