Frugal Innovation of Natural Teeth

Abstract

A 65-year-old male patient visited the dental clinic for a general dental check-up. On examination, it was found that he had attempted to use his own lower anterior teeth to create a prosthesis. Unfortunately, the teeth were lost due to periodontitis. The patient provided a history of gum bleeding and food deposition related to the self-made faulty prosthesis [Table/Fig-1,2]. He explained that he had mobile teeth that were lost one after another. The patient replaced the edentulous area with his natural teeth using an adhesive material on his own. In the present case, he had fabricated the prosthesis and used it for more than 10 years. The apical portions of all the teeth in the prosthesis were ground and made flat to provide adaptation and to prevent irritation to the underlying gingival tissue

Keywords

• inflammation
• rehabilitation
• self-made prosthesis