Orthotic therapy for the partially or fully edentulous patient.

Abstract

The limited research on the correlation between partially and fully edentulous patients and temporomandibular dysfunction leads this author to believe that a practitioner could expect 25 to 75% of the patients in need of phase 1 orthotic therapy to be in one of these two groups. Unfortunately, most of the literature on orthotic therapy documents cases with a full complement of natural teeth. This chapter gives a systematic approach to the fabrication and insertion of orthotics on and over full and partial dentures.