Occlusal consideration of edentulous patients

Paek,  Janghyun

J Korean Dent Assoc > Volume 58(8); 2020 > Article

The Journal of The Korean Dental Association 2020;58(8):513-520.
Published online August 31, 2020.

무치악 환자의 교합적 고려사항

백장현

경희대학교 치과대학 치과보철학교실

Occlusal consideration of edentulous patients

Janghyun Paek

Department of prosthodontics School of Dentistry KyungHee university

Abstract

Occasionally, complete dentures constructed in accord with the best clinical and laboratory procedures fail to serve successfully. These failures probably result from present ignorance of the occlusion and functions of living tissues. Nonetheless, in each case, the whole treatment procedure, both clinical and laboratory, must be reexamined in order to ascertain the point of failure. One can employ a technique more intelligently, and often improve on it, if the reasons for its use are known. When one is guided only by a recipe, the outcome will be doubtful whenever conditions are not the same as in the recipe. In this manuscript, occlusal consideration of edentulous patients will be discussed thoroughly.

Key Words: edentulous;occlusion;gothic arch;