Case Report
Year: 2020 | Month: January-March | Volume: 5 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 242-246
Tooth Supported Overdenture with an Attachment: A Case Report
Mansi Singh1, Aditya Chaudhary2, Anju Aggarwal2, Kinshuk Dixit3
1Post graduate student, ITS Dental College and Hospital, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
2Reader, ITS Dental College and Hospital, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
3Senior Lecturer ITS Dental College and Hospital Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Corresponding Author: Mansi Singh
ABSTRACT
Over-denture is most commonly used treatment for elderly patient with two or more teeth remaining in the arch. The root of the remaining teeth preserve the alveolar ridge, provide sensory sense, improve the stability and retention of denture as compare to conventional complete denture, on using coping or attachment over the remaining part of tooth. The stability and retention of the denture is enhanced. In this particular case report the fabrication of a tooth supported over-denture retained with extra-radicular attachment has been discussed.
Keywords: Attachment, over-denture, resorbed ridge, extra-radicular