Biomedical subjects

B J Abadi

Publications and source records attributed to B J Abadi.

12 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1989

Patient response to variations in denture technique. Part VII: Twenty-year patient status.

Sixty-four patients were originally treated with complete dentures. Two different techniques, complex and standard, were used with 32 patients assigned to each group. Patients were recalled for their 20th year recall and 34 of the original 64 patients returned. Of those 34 patients, 26 patients were still wearing their original dentures. All 26 patients were judged by three project clinicians to have clinically acceptable dentures. In addition, all but two stated that their dentures were clinically acceptable. Neither of these patients were unhappy with fit, but with the esthetics. One patient had worn his denture teeth by pipe smoking and the other had bleached the pink out of her denture bases. The remaining eight patients who still participate in the project have had modifications in their original dentures or have had new dentures constructed.

Adult↗

PubMed1982

The prosthodontic management of cleft palate patients.

The role of the prosthodontist in the multidisciplinary approach to the treatment of the cleft palate patient has been described. A brief review of the literature on the historical background, epidemiology, and pathogenesis of the cleft palatal defect has been presented. A technique for constructing a cleft palate prosthesis has been outlined in detail. Treatment of several patients using this technique has produced excellent results. Prosthetic therapy aids the patient in developing normal speech, promoting deglutition and mastication and in closing off the oral cavity from the nasal cavity. The esthetic benefits can be instrumental in the psychologic and social acceptance of the cleft palate patient.

Adult↗

PubMed1980

Patient response to variations in complete denture technique. Part IV: Residual ridge resorption--cast evaluation.

At 10-year recall, alveolar ridge topography was compared by three different methods in 36 patients whose complete dentures were fabricated by two different techniques. In general, if alveolar ridge change was observed, it was evidenced by a reduction in size following denture wearing. Group II patients appeared to have slightly less ridge change in the subjective and ridge width evaluations, but group I patients showed slightly less ridge change in the contourator tracing measurements. Since alveolar ridge topography is influenced by many variables, it would be a mistake to claim that either denture technique was proven superior by this research effort. Overall, the alveolar ridge changes were so small that they were statistically insignificant for this sample size. Some possible factors that might explain the minimal alveolar ridge changes seen in this study are (1) conscientious application of sound basic prosthodontic principles by the dentists who constructed the dentures initially, (2) periodic recall appointments for all of the patients, and (3) the fact that all of the patients were relatively young, experienced denture wearers who had been edentulous for at least 1 year before these tested dentures were placed.

Alveolar Process↗

PubMed1980

Repair of broken dentures in resin undercuts.

This technique utilizes both irreversible hydrocolloid impression material and fast-setting stone to repair a denture which has fractured in a tissue undercut. This procedure maintains the same tissue surface detail on the repaired denture as existed on the denture prior to the repair.

Calcium Sulfate↗

PubMed1980

Accurate mounting casts for complete dentures.

An accurate and efficient method to fabricate mounting casts for complete dentures has been presented. Well-made mounting casts are required to accurately transfer the jaw relation records made in the mouth to an articulator.

Calcium Sulfate↗

PubMed1979