2009年4月14日 « トップへ » 2009年4月17日
2009年4月15日
An advanced [Telescope] case treated with Riegel telescope restores a patient's ability to bite
[Riegel telescope case]
A patient came to us wearing dentures with magnetic clasps saying, "I can't bite into things..." The strength of the magnetic clasps was such that the dentures could be removed by hand. It is no wonder that they came loose easily when chewing food.
Riegel telescope dentures use a small locking mechanism placed on their inner side. The dentures can be put on and taken off by opening and closing this lock. There is never any risk of them slipping off while eating.
This case was extremely complicated. The patient only had front teeth left on the upper jaw and was using a simple set of dentures. The problem was the bottom teeth. The bottom front teeth were greatly worn down and as for the back teeth, the bones had completely absorbed the dentures.
The patient came to our clinic extremely troubled because they were not able to eat and their dentures easily broke.
First, we reinforced and repaired the patient's usable teeth. Since the patient's bite alignment plane was also off, we aligned it to achieve bilateral symmetry. This is where we put false teeth into the upper jaw. At this point, the patient was overjoyed to regain the ability to bite.
After making a wax mold and examining it, we decided to use Riegel telescope to fix the condition of the upper and lower teeth. The pictures below are of precision molds we had taken.
The finished upper and lower Riegel telescope dentures.
The picture on the left shows the lock (Riegel lever) in the closed position while the picture on the right shows it in the opened position.
The lock can be easily opened and closed using a finger, and when it is closed it is unnoticeable to the tongue. It helps to think of it as a kind of removable bridge.
Since the prosthetic teeth are ceramic, the final product is esthetically beautiful. The metallic parts are completely hidden when the dentures are set in place inside the mouth.
*Cases introduced on the website are completely unique to the patients and actual treatment periods and methods vary for each patient.
A case concerning severe gingivitis and dentures
This patient came to our clinic suffering from gingivitis and bad breath. The patient shared that they were aware of how bad their situation was and decided to visit us to take care of the problem once and for all.
Unfortunately, the patient's front teeth were loose and there was nothing we could do to preserve them. In this case we had to extract the loose teeth.
Before we extracted the patient's teeth, we altered the dentures so that they wouldn't have to go around with no front teeth after the extraction. We made false teeth for the front ones and reinforced the upper jaw so that the patient could bite again.
Normally when teeth are extracted it is necessary to leave the area open for a while which can hinder the patient's lifestyle. In order to spare the patient from this negative experience, we establish a treatment plan in advance.
We extracted 2 teeth from the upper jaw and used 4 others to support Resilience telescope dentures. There were more teeth left in the lower jaw but since many of them were loose due to pyorrhea, we chose the Riegel telescope method which would secure and link them together.
We attached inner crowns to the upper jaw and used them to snap the Resilience telescope dentures into place.
We secured the loose teeth of the lower jaw by linking them with an inner crown, which was further secured with the Riegel telescope dentures that fit over them.
This is when we set the dentures in place in the patient's mouth. Only white is visible making these dentures undetectable to other people.
The patient was very pleased after putting the dentures on and shared with us that they wanted to hurry up and go out to talk and smile with new people. This was significant as the patient had had a complex about talking and smiling before they came in.
We are always very pleased to see this patient's beautiful smile each time they come in for maintenance.
*Cases introduced on the website are completely unique to the patients and actual treatment periods and methods vary for each patient.
2009年4月14日 « トップへ » 2009年4月17日
