Surgical pre-prosthetic alveoplasty: Bedah pre-prostetik alveoplasti

Eka Pramudita Ramadhany (Departemen Periodonsia, Program Studi Sarjana dan Profesi Dokter Gigi, Fakultas Kedokteran, Universitas Udayana)
setiawan (Departemen Bedah Mulut & Maksilofasial, Fakultas Kedokteran Gigi, Universitas Mahasaraswati Denpasar)
ilma Yudistian (Departemen Konservasi Gigi, Fakultas Kedokteran Gigi, Universitas Mahasaraswati Denpasar Denpasar-Bali, Indonesia)

MDJ (Makassar Dental Journal)
Vol. 12 No. 1 (2023): Volume 12 Issue 1 April 2023

Pre-prosthetic surgery is conducted to restore oral function and facial shape by preparing the oral cavity to receive dental prosthe-sis by redesigning and smoothing sharp or irregular bone edges. This case report presents a 47-year-old male patient who came to RSGM Saraswati with complaints of discomfort with sharp pain in the right maxillary canine region when chewing using a denture that has been used for 4 years. Bone protrusion was cut and irregular ridge was flattened resulted in a better denture sup-porting and comfort when wearing a denture.