European Journal of Prosthodontics and Restorative Dentistry

Stabilization Splint Treatment on Complete Denture – Two Reported Cases

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Cover Date

March 2012

Print ISSN

0965-7452

Vol

20

Issue

1

Abstract

Abstract - The pre-prosthetic treatments of two female patients with osteoarthritis of the temporomandibular joints were presented in this paper. In the first case report, an 83-year-old patient wore complete dentures (CDs) for 30 years. The second patient (71 years of age) wore a three-year-old upper CD and a lower removable partial denture with a two-unit fixed dental prosthesis. Pain was successfully eliminated by the stabilization splint on the upper CD. Magnetic resonance imaging was used to confirm the diagnosis and clinical follow-up of the splint treatment.

KEY WORDS: temporomandibular joint, osteoarthritis, stabilization splint, complete denture, magnetic resonance imaging