TITLE:
Class III Reversion with Immediate Complete Denture and Immediate Implant-Retained Overdenture: Case Report
AUTHORS:
Giovanna Lima Costa Barcelos, Rafaella de Oliveira Matiolo, Sérgio Carvalho Costa, Cláudia Lopes Brilhante Bhering, José Augusto César Discacciati
KEYWORDS:
Dental Prosthesis, Immediate Complete Denture, Overdenture, Dental Implants, Dental Occlusion
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Stomatology,
Vol.10 No.12,
December
28,
2020
ABSTRACT: With the increased life expectancy, complete dentures have been used in the treatment of edentulism progressively. It restores stomatognathic system functions, providing improvements in chewing, aesthetics, and phonetics. The aim was to report an oral rehabilitation of a patient with severe aesthetic and functional impairment, with Angle’s class III malocclusion. The patient sought the extension project of the School of Dentistry of the Federal University of Minas Geraiswith aesthetic complaints. After clinical and radiographic evaluation, the proposed planning was immediate complete denture maxilla and immediate implant-retained overdenture in mandible. During clinical evaluation it was observed that the patient was Angle’s III. The rehabilitation was performed as proposed and at the end of the treatment, it was possible to revert the class III occlusal pattern to Angle’s I. The excellent maxillomandibular relationship was achieved, which ensured optimal facial aesthetics and functional condition. It was concluded that the immediate complete dentures and immediate implant-retained overdenture might be beneficial for restoring the aesthetics and function of patients with Angle’s class III malocclusion.