Ill Fitting Denture Lesion

The majority of lesions are found beneath ill fitting dentures of long use and in patients who do not take their dentures out overnight.

Ill fitting denture lesion. In some patients the lesions may be self inflicted. Seminar ill fitting denture induced lesions presented by aarti dubey guided by dr s b. The lesion seems to result from a combination of chronic mild trauma which permit frictional irritation. Tissue hyperplasia of the oral mucosa in contact with the denture borders inflammatory hyperplasia or epulis fissuratum is a common tissue reaction to ill fitting dentures.

The folds of tissue and the roll of fibrous tissue filling the ridge portion the alveolar groove of the denture are trimmed from the cast and a treatment denture is made. The lesion most frequently associated with an ill fitting denture flange is angular cheilosis. However most often gingival ulcers result from mechanical chemical and thermal trauma. This lesion was reported in 5 10 of non randomized groups of denture wearers.

A poor fitting denture never acquires papillomatosis. Purpose statement at the end of the presentation the learners should be able to describe etiopathogenesis clinical features management differential diagnosis of various denture induced lesions.