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Changes in mandibular alveolar bone and anterior face height after four years of complete denture wearing. 1994

H C Karkazis, and J Lambadakis

Department of Removable Prosthodontics, Dental School, University of Athens, Greece.

A 4-year cephalometric study was conducted on 14 wearers of complete dentures to quantify the anterior alveolar bone loss and to study any associated changes in the maxillomandibular relationships. Both the occlusal and the rest-face heights underwent a significant decrease while a parallel tendency for anterior rotation was recorded. The continuous bone loss in the anterior mandible had a significant relationship to the reduction of the anterior face height.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008336	Mandibular Diseases	Diseases involving the MANDIBLE.	Disease, Mandibular,Diseases, Mandibular,Mandibular Disease
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D002508	Cephalometry	The measurement of the dimensions of the HEAD.	Craniometry
D003824	Denture, Complete	A denture replacing all natural teeth and associated structures in both the maxilla and mandible.	Complete Denture,Complete Dentures,Dentures, Complete
D005260	Female		Females
D005500	Follow-Up Studies	Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease.	Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014716	Vertical Dimension	The length of the face determined by the distance of separation of jaws. Occlusal vertical dimension (OVD or VDO) or contact vertical dimension is the lower face height with the teeth in centric occlusion. Rest vertical dimension (VDR) is the lower face height measured from a chin point to a point just below the nose, with the mandible in rest position. (From Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p250)	Mandibular Rest Position,Rest Vertical Dimension,Vertical Dimension at Rest,Vertical Dimension of Occlusion,Dimension, Rest Vertical,Dimension, Vertical,Dimensions, Rest Vertical,Dimensions, Vertical,Mandibular Rest Positions,Occlusion Vertical Dimension,Occlusion Vertical Dimensions,Position, Mandibular Rest,Positions, Mandibular Rest,Rest Position, Mandibular,Rest Positions, Mandibular,Rest Vertical Dimensions,Vertical Dimension, Rest,Vertical Dimensions,Vertical Dimensions, Rest
D016009	Chi-Square Distribution	A distribution in which a variable is distributed like the sum of the squares of any given independent random variable, each of which has a normal distribution with mean of zero and variance of one. The chi-square test is a statistical test based on comparison of a test statistic to a chi-square distribution. The oldest of these tests are used to detect whether two or more population distributions differ from one another.	Chi-Square Test,Chi Square Distribution,Chi Square Test,Chi-Square Distributions,Chi-Square Tests,Distribution, Chi-Square,Distributions, Chi-Square,Test, Chi-Square,Tests, Chi-Square