The objective of full mouth rehabilitation is to restore teeth in physiological and functional harmony. Comprehensive treatment planning of multiple missing teeth is challenging, especially in cases of reduced vertical dimension (VD) of occlusion. This case report describes the sequential methodical interdisciplinary approach employed to treat multiple missing teeth with a loss of VD. An interim prosthesis was delivered to newly established restorative vertical dimension. After the validation of new VD, reconstruction was performed with fixed prosthesis in maxillary arch and cast partial denture in mandibular arch. With proper diagnosis and treatment planning dentist can provide functional harmony and esthetic comfort to the patient, thereby improving patient's quality of life.
Severely worn teeth can affect the aesthetics and functions adversely. Rehabilitation in such cases not only restores functional and physiological harmony but also provides psychological contentment to the patient. Wearing of teeth is very common phenomenon and can occur due to mechanical or biochemical reasons. This case report describes treatment protocol for a 62-year-old female with severely worn-out dentition, partial edentulism and lost anterior guidance. A fixed permanent restoration of the occlusion was planned with appropriate planning and analysis. Pankey Mann Schuyler philosophy was used to rehabilitate occlusion. First anterior rehabilitation was carried out, later the posterior plane analysis and rehabilitation was done. This report presents how worn-out dentition can be rehabilitated to improve aesthetics and function leading to improved quality of life.
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