Management of releasable full denture in patient with pseudo jaw relation class III: a case report

Elvi Elvi (Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Hasanuddin University Makassar, Indonesia)
Edy Machmud (Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Hasanuddin University Makassar, Indonesia)
Bahruddin Thalib (Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Hasanuddin University Makassar, Indonesia)
Armawati Arafi (Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Hasanuddin University Makassar, Indonesia)
Indah Sulistiawaty (Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Hasanuddin University Makassar, Indonesia)

Journal of Dentomaxillofacial Science
Vol. 2 No. 1 (2017): (Available online: 1 April 2017)

Objective: To give information about management of releasable full denture in patient with pseudo jaw relation class IIIMethods: A 58 years old woman came with complaints that she could not chew food and felt shy when she laughed, the woman asked a denture made for her. Last tooth withdrawal was 3 months ago. Shape of upper jaw sharp edge is triangle (pointed alveolar ridge), while lower jaw sharp edge is in resorbtion condition. Making of denture was started with initial molding, physiology molding, bite determination, and teeth arrangement based on Lingualized occlusion to insertion.Results: A case with pseudo jaw relation class III successfully treated using denture with lingualized occlusion.Conclusion: Teeth arrangement using occlusion pattern Lingualized occlusion can give natural appearance to patient and stability of denture.