The most common oral lesions in edentulous patients with total prostheses

Abstract

A group of 210 patients with total maxillary and mandibular prostheses were examined to identif y the main pathological alterations suffered by edentulous patients. The observed results determined that the average age at which the largest edentulous population is found is between 56 and 65 years with a higher prevalence of females. Of these more than 50% have used oral prostheses for more than 12 years with an adequate hygiene quality in 116 patients where the most frequent oral pathology associated with edentulism was f ibrous hyperplasia (epulis), found in 19 patients, followed by stomatitis sub-prosthesis.