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Overdenture as Transitional Prosthesis

An overdenture is a removable denture supported by retained roots to improve support, stability, and sensory feedback while reducing ridge resorption. Learn about its advantages, disadvantages, abutment teeth selection, and considerations as a transitional prosthesis.

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Overdenture as Transitional Prosthesis

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  1. Overdenture a complete or partial removable denture supported by retained roots that is intended to provide improved support, stability, and tactile and proprioceptive sensation and to reduce ridge resorption. (Mosby. Mosby's Dental Dictionary. Elsevier, 2004.).

  2. Advantages • Preserve alveolar ridge • Possibly -support -proprioreception -retention (eventually) -stress distribution

  3. Disadvantages • Poor oral hygiene -caries and periodontal disease • Soft tissue undercuts -esthetics -retention • Breakage of denture -thin -stress concentration over abutments

  4. Selection of abutment teeth • One per quadrant • Not adjacent teeth • Usually mandibular cuspids and premolars • Maxillary cuspids frequently cause esthetic and retention problems due to soft tissue undercuts

  5. Overdentures • Regard as transitional - need perfect oral hygiene -daily non acidulated topical fluoride (sodium fluoride) • Probably better to place 2 implants

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