Acrylic partial dentures can be useful in restoring function and aesthetics of the partially dentate patient. Clinical care and attention needs to be given to the design of the prosthesis in order to...

Indirect retention can be defined as the effect achieved by one or more indirect retainers of a removable partial denture that reduces the tendency for a denture base to move in an occlusal direction...

As a result of the COVID-19 crisis in the UK in 2020 and the subsequently published guidance from the Chief Dental Officer of England, all routine, non-urgent dental care was ‘stopped and deferred...

Avoidance of the tori where possible, such as the approach undertaken in this presented case, may be advisable. Cases requiring full palatal coverage, such as conventional edentulous maxillae, may...

Xerostomia is defined as an unstimulated salivary flow rate less than 0.1 ml/min or a stimulated salivary flow less than 0.2 ml/min. Xerostomia has many causes, for example salivary gland agenesis,...

The ridge classifications proposed by Atwood3 (Figure 1) or the modified version of Cawood and Howell4 are intended to provide a quantitative assessment of the residual alveolar bone. However, it may...

Forty-one percent of failing complete dentures assessed at our New Patient Clinics between October 2016 and March 2017 showed poor adaptation to the denture-bearing area. This may result in a rocking...

The clinical records of edentulous patients referred and assessed on the New Patient Clinics at Birmingham Dental Hospital (BDH) between October 2016 and March 2017 were reviewed. A total of 71...

A jaw registration record can be made by the mandible closing in its retruded arc of closure with occlusal rims separating the maxilla and mandible at the selected occlusal vertical dimension (OVD).1.