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Patients who are edentulous lacks the mechanoreception which is mainly provided by the periodontal ligament that attaches a tooth to the alveolar bone. Mechanoreceptors are primarily present witihin periodontal ligament which provides feedback of magnitude, direction and rate of occlusal load application for sensory perception. Tactile sensibility is seen to be developed in patients who are treated with osseointegrated dental implants. This phenomenon is named as osseoperception. The aim of this article is to evaluate the available literature to find osseoperception related to dental implants. Keywords: Osseoperception, Implants.

Satisfactory restoration in a patient with a partially edentulous situation can be challenging especially when unilateral or bilateral posterior segment of teeth is missing. Successful restoration can be done with various conventional and contemporary treatment options. One such treatment modality is attachment-retained cast partial dentures. This paper describes a case report of a patient with mandibular bilateral distal extension edentulous span restored with a cast partial denture having an extracoronal castable precision attachment (RHEIN 83 OT CAP attachments system). Keywords: Precision attachment, Removable denture, Retentive denture.

Even though fixed dental prosthesis and dental implants are now in growing trend, conventional RPDs are still prevalent and considered the gold standard technique. Conventional RPDs along with their various modifications are comparatively less invasive, cost-effective and best treatment option for partial edentulism in cases where fixed prosthesis and implants are contraindicated. Such prosthesis aims in rehabilitation with adequate stability, retention and support similar to a fixed dental prosthesis and also better aesthetics with maintaining hygiene like that of a removable prosthesis. Keywords: Proprioception of implants, Osseointegration, Osseoperception.

The commonly used prosthodontic materials are resins, ceramics, metals and silicones. A comprehensive review of literature was completed about the incorporation of nanomaterials in prosthetic dentistry using PubMed and Google Scholar databases. This was supplemented with a manual search of selected journals. English language articles in peer- reviewed journals were selected. Current literature reveals that incorporation of nanomaterials has significantly improved the properties of the prosthetic materials within the clinically acceptable ranges. There appears to be a need for a standardization for these in vitro studies carried out to evaluate their physical, mechanical and antimicrobial properties

Prosthetic rehabilitation of hemimandibulectomy patient, with an overlay denture, restores missing skeletal, dental structures, muscle imbalance, maxillomandibular relationship and occlusion. Conventional management with an acrylic ramp or guide plane guides only the non-resected side of the mandible to occlusion. This case report describes rehabilitation of a 13-year-old hemimandibulectomy patient with tooth supported transitional overlay denture.

Purpose The purpose of the present study was to investigate patients satisfaction and correlate the variability of aesthetic dental and facial measurements by the maxillary anterior teeth appearance in different gender group among Indian patients. Materials and methods The dental and facial measurements were made on 80 Indian subjects: Central incisor width/length ratio, gingival zenith displacements, the upper lip height, intercommisural width, maximum maxillary central incisal at rest and smile were measured. All the patients rated their satisfaction with the dental appearance on the visual-analogue scale. All the parameters have been analyzed with respect to gender. Results The great majority of the participants were completely satisfied with their dental appearance (p > 0.05). In the men, maximum maxillary central incisal display at rest and intercommisural width during smile showed statistical significant difference. In women, the combination of central incisor width/length ratio, intercommissural width at rest and smile, and maximum maxillary incisal display measurements were statistically significant. Conclusions Within the population tested, the results suggest that the use of aesthetic dental and facial measurement may serve as an aesthetic guideline. The gingival architecture should be considered in aesthetic anterior oral rehabilitation.

Palatal defect can be repaired by reconstructive surgery and/or a dental prosthesis. We present prosthodontic rehabilitation of two partially edentulous patients, both with surgically induced palatal defect and explains how to achieve the goal for esthetics and phonetics. This also describes the fabrication of a hollow obturator by two piece method, which is simple and may be used as definitive obturator for maximum comfort of the patient. In both the above cases, since the mouth opening is restricted due to surgery, obturator prosthesis is given as two pieces retained with opposite poles of magnet, which facilitates the removal and insertion of the prosthesis.