Narayana Reddy

Dentures (also known as artificial teeth) are the prosthetic devices constructed to replace missing teeth, and are supported by the surrounding hard and soft tissues of the oral cavity. Conventional dentures are removable (removable partial denture or complete denture). However, there are many denture designs, some which rely on bonding or clasping onto teeth or dental implants (fixed prosthodontics). Dentures can help people through: Mastication or chewing ability is improved by replacing edentulous areas with denture teeth. Aesthetics, because the presence of teeth gives a natural appearance to the face, and wearing a denture to replace missing teeth provides support for the lips and cheeks and corrects the collapsed appearance that results from the loss of teeth. There are different types of complete dentures like: traditional/conventional complete full dentures, partial dentures, custom dentures, immediate dentures, implant supported dentures, snap-in dentures, overdentures, upper dentures. Keywords: Dentures, Aesthetics

Management of worn dentition using fixed or removable prostheses is complex and among the most difficult cases to restore. Evaluation of vertical dimension is important for the management, and comprehensive treatment plan is required for all cases. Articulated casts and diagnostic wax-up provide a important information which and helpful for the evaluation of treatment options. Minimal changes to vertical dimension of occlusion is usually confirmed with the clinical evaluation of the patient using diagnostic splint or provisional prosthesis. Nevertheless, occlusal wear of prosthetic teeth is a normal process during the lifetime of a denture.  In this line, vertical dimension(VD) assessment should be conservative and with careful approach and it should not be changed. Particularly, increasing the VD for bruxism patients puts a severe overload on the teeth and it often results in the destruction of the restorations.