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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">1821</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>PROSTHODONTIC REHABILITATION WITH TOOTH SUPPORTED, BILATERAL BALANCED CHARECTERISED OVERDENTURE: A CASE REPORT&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Alva</surname><given-names>Harshitha</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>D.</surname><given-names>Krishna Prasad</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>D.</surname><given-names>Anupama Prasad</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>17</day><month>05</month><year>2012</year></pub-date><volume/><issue/><fpage>25</fpage><lpage>29</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>A 53yr old male patient reported with a chief complaint of missing teeth causing difficulty in speech and&#13;
mastication. On examination, the maxillary arch was completely edentulous and in the mandibular arch&#13;
33, 34, 43 and 44 were present. Discussion: Conventional mode of treatment for patients with few&#13;
remaining teeth was to render them completely edentulous and provide a complete denture prosthesis.&#13;
However with the advent of overdenture concept, this trend changed thereby preventing alveolar bone&#13;
resorption, providing better load transmission, maintain sensory feedback and achieving better stability&#13;
of denture with emphasis on psychological benefit of not being completely edentulous. An overdenture&#13;
fabricated with balanced occlusion, besides providing increased retention also enhances the stability of&#13;
the prosthesis. Conclusion: This case report describes the fabrication of a tooth supported charecterised&#13;
overdenture with bilateral balanced occlusion.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Tooth supported overdenture</kwd><kwd> stability</kwd><kwd> retention</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
