RESEARCH ARTICLE


Iatrogenic Damage to the Periodontium Caused by Removable Prosthodontic Treatment Procedures: An Overview



Khaja Amjad Hussain *, 1, Saleh Nasser Azzeghaibi 2, Bassel Tarakji 1, SenthilRajan R. S3, Syed Sirajuddin 3, Sandeep S Prabhu 3
1 Department of Oral-maxillofacial Science, Alfarabi College of Dentistry and Nursing, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2 Director of Alfarabi College of Dentistry and Nursing, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
3 Department of Periodontology, Rajarajeswari Dental College & Hospital, Bangalore-560074. Karnataka, India


Article Metrics

CrossRef Citations:
1
Total Statistics:

Full-Text HTML Views: 410
Abstract HTML Views: 110
PDF Downloads: 98
Total Views/Downloads: 618
Unique Statistics:

Full-Text HTML Views: 220
Abstract HTML Views: 74
PDF Downloads: 72
Total Views/Downloads: 366



Creative Commons License
© Hussain et al.; Licensee Bentham Open.

open-access license: This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited.

* Address correspondence to this author at the Alfarabi college of Dentistry and Nursing, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Tel: 00966 227 3151; Fax: 00966 232 4580; E-mail: amjadh@gmail.com


Abstract

As the number of aged people in the world is growing, the need to provide patients with tooth alternate through removable partial dentures is equally growing. There are adversarial effects that should be kept in mind which might disturb the remaining teeth; specially, the abutments and the supporting tissues. These effects might spread to the muscles of mastication and also to the supporting periodontal tissues. Thus, we should plan removable partial dentures (RPDs) without mutilation to the adjacent teeth or the underlying tissues.

Keywords: Iatrogenic damage, periodontium, removable prosthodontic treatment.