Chair: Yoshinori Nakamura (Aichi Gakuin University)
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A case report of a
removable denture using magnetic attachments for a missing mandibular molar with
a decreased occlusal vertical dimension
followed up for 3 years
M. Sone
Division of Removable Prosthodontics, Department of Restorative and
Biomaterials Sciences, Meikai University School of Dentistry
Abstract
This
case report describes our establishment of an appropriate OVD for a patient with
a decreased OVD to restore aesthetics and function by using magnetic
attachments.
As
the definitive prosthesis,
a maxillary
removable overlay denture with coping-type magnetic attachments and a horseshoe
plate as the major connector was fabricated, and a mandibular removable partial
denture with an extracoronal-type magnetic attachment was also fabricated.
Three
years after the denture setting, the
definitive
prosthesis has been used without any problems, and
the
magnetic attachment has had no clinically significant loss of retention.