An assessment of complete denture changes from try in to clinical insertion-a retrospective study

Abstract

Complete denture is a dental prosthesis that replaces the entire dentition and associated structures of maxilla and mandible. Its Function is to restore esthetics, mastication and speech.Various outcomes in the treatment of complete denture in edentulous patients involve a complex array of different factors which determine the accuracy of complete denture. Due to various reasons complete dentures may encounter changes from trial stage to insertion. This change may occur due to processing or handling.The present study aims to assess the differences in complete denture from try in anterior teeth position to insertion anterior teeth position with regard to midline shift and plane deviation and using chi square test statistical significance was observed. The study was carried out in Saveetha dental college, Chennai, patients data was collected from inhouse digital data bank. The data of documented evidence treated by the undergraduate students were retrieved and analysed for differences. The study reveals that there are incidences which had changes from the try in step to clinical insertion step with regard to anterior teeth.