Using treatment denture and digital technology in patient with unstable mandibular movement: a case report

ABSTRACT

Long-term use of inappropriate prosthesis often results in habitual closure or irregular mandibular movements. In that case, guide to the stable centric position is difficult. Therefore, by using a treatment denture, the muscles and TMJ should be stabilized and the jaw relation should be acquired with the treatment position. Compared to the conventional method, digital technology in fabrica-tion complete denture has the advantage of reproducing a stable tooth arrangement in cases of difficult tooth alignment, minimiz-ing laboratory errors and reducing denture fabrication time. Therefore, in this case, the final denture was fabricated by digitally re-producing the stable treatment position, vertical dimension, and lip support with a treatment denture, and satisfactory results wereobtained.