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. 2022 Apr;31(4):362-363.
doi: 10.1111/jopr.13475. Epub 2022 Jan 20.

Custom Made Device for Removal of Removable Partial Denture in a Patient with Manual Impairment

Foteini Touloumi  1 , Shivani Suvarna  1 , Catherine M Florentine  2 , Thomas D Taylor  2
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Custom Made Device for Removal of Removable Partial Denture in a Patient with Manual Impairment

Foteini Touloumi et al. J Prosthodont. 2022 Apr.

Abstract

Manual impairment could be part of the clinical presentation of a number of systemic conditions or traumas. Inability to successfully remove a removable partial denture is one of the contraindications of this type of treatment. This report presents a technique for fabrication of a custom device made chairside to assist a manually impaired patient due to osteoarthritis with the removal of a removable mandibular prosthesis. This technique could allow patients with similar conditions to replace their missing teeth with removable partial dentures, in cases where a fixed restoration is not an option.

Keywords: Manual dexterity; device; manual impairment; osteoarthritis; prosthesis.

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