Management of severely resorbed maxillary ridge with a modified light-weight hollow complete denture and monoplane teeth: - a case report

Retention, stability and support are the basic principles on which the success of a complete denture relies on. The skill lies in applying these principles efficiently in critical situations. Extreme resorption in one or both of the residual alveolar ridges accompanied by resilient maxillary denture bearing tissues in the edentulous patient presents a difficult restorative problem and may lead to problems with prosthetic rehabilitation. This article highlights on a technique for the fabrication of a maxillary denture with a part of it made hollow in a situation where there is excessive resorption in a part of maxillary residual alveolar ridge due to the constant impingement of the opposing teeth in that area. Vinyl-polysiloxane putty material is used in this technique as a spacer to create the hollow cavity inside the maxillary denture. This technique greatly reduces the weight of maxillary denture and thus ultimately results in increased retention and stability of the denture.