Denture Esthetics: There is more than teeth replacement

Abstract

The success of prosthetic treatment is predicted not only on the dentist's manual dexterity but also on the ability to understand the patient needs. Patient with complete edentulism undergoes many esthetic consequences among which sunken appearance of cheek has a great psychological effect on the individual that can add ages to a patient age. Prosthetic rehabilitation of such patient not only confines to replacement of missing teeth but also restoring the lost cheek support. This article focuses on simple, effective and a noninvasive method for restoring the slumped facial musculature by incorporating cheek plumper in the dentures and an innovative technique for the fabrication of detachable cheek plumper through custom made attachment.