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ed slightly forward. These
observed changes were not
significantly affected by the
sex of the patient or by the
denture technique employed. 15
Dental implants date back in
history to 3000 B.C. 16
Dental implants are now
regarded as the “Standard
of Care” for the edentulous
mandible. “The panelists
reached consensus that they
would recommend an IRMOD
(Implant Retained Mandibu-
lar Over Denture) instead of a
CD (Complete Denture) as the
first-choice standard of care
for patients who are healthy
or have mild systemic disease,
but not for patients with se-
vere systemic disease.” 17
References:
DR. JOHN TUCKER, DMD
DICOI, DABDSM
John Tucker has main-
tained a private practice in
Erie, PA since 1982. He is a
graduate of the Universi-
ty of Pittsburgh School of
Dental Medicine and along
with many other accoplish-
ments, was named one of
the Best Sleep Doctors in
2012 & 2013.
After twenty years the com-
plete denture patient expe-
riences loss of the vertical
dimension of occlusion as
viewed from the right pro-
file. The mandible rotates in
a counterclockwise fashion
leading to an increase in
relative prognathism. Maxil-
lary alveolus remained stable
while the mandibular alveolus
resorbed. Dentures rotated
counter- clockwise and shift-
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