COMBINATION OF PALATAL SPLINTING TWO TRAY TECHNIQUE WITH CONTROLLED LATERAL PRESSURE TECHNIQUE: AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF FLABBY RIDGE-A CASE REPORT

Aanchal Taneja, Dhaniram Talukder*, Geeta Paul, Pankaj Datta and Saurabh Singh

ABSTRACT

Retention, stability and support are the basic principles on which the success of a complete denture relies on. The skill lies in applying these principles efficiently in critical situations. Flabby ridges poses a prosthodontic challenge for the achievement of stable and retentive dental prosthesis. Masticatory forces can displace this mobile tissue leading to the loss of peripheral seal which leads to the loss of retention. Mucocompressive impression techniques causes distortion of flabby tissues which are likely to result in an unretentive and unstable dentures. Mucostatic impression techniques may lead to the movement of the denture base relative to the basal tissues. Therefore, modified impression techniques based on selective pressure theory are used in this condition which can record the fibrous tissues in undistorted form and help us to fabricate a stable and functionally satisfying denture.

Keywords: Flabby ridge, Mucocompressive, Mucostatic.