Abstract
The rehabilitation of patients with severely resorbed mandibular ridges can be a clinical
challenge when rehabilitation with endosteal implants is not the elected treatment.
Historically, weighted mandibular complete dentures have been used successfully to
manage patients with severely resorbed ridges, and the weight of their cast metal
has been calculated by using the weight of the wax and the density of the alloy. This
clinical report presents the management of an 87-year-old woman with a severely resorbed
mandibular ridge by using a weighted mandibular complete denture fabricated by using
selective laser melting (SLM) technology in which the weight of the metal base was
calculated by using the volume of the digital file used for manufacture.
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Published online: September 03, 2020
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