The ‘Combination Syndrome’ Revisited

From Volume 31, Issue 7, September 2004 | Pages 410-420

Authors

Christopher D. Lynch

BDS, MFD RCSI

Registrar in Restorative Dentistry, National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland.

Articles by Christopher D. Lynch

P. Finbarr Allen

BDS, MSc, FDS RCPS, PhD

Senior Lecturer/Consultant, Department of Restorative Dentistry, National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland.

Articles by P. Finbarr Allen

Abstract

The ‘combination syndrome’ may present a considerable clinical and technical challenge to the dental practitioner. This clinical scenario classically relates to changes found in the mouth following use of a maxillary complete denture that has opposed natural mandibular anterior teeth.

While this condition was first recognized over 30 years ago, the associated difficulties still pervade the practice of prosthetic dentistry today. The purpose of this article is to describe treatment of two patients who exhibited clinical features of this condition, and review some of the relevant literature on this condition.

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