Clinical Indications For Suction Cup Dentures
– Resorbed alveolar ridges
– Undercuts
– Rotational paths of insertion
– Salivary dysfunction
– Neurological disorders
– Resective surgery
– Traumatic changes of the oral cavity
– Medication induced xerostomia
– A history of head and neck irradiation
– Systemic disease
– Disease of the salivary glands
– Neurological diseases
– Cerebrovascular accident (stroke)
– Diminished tactile sensation
– Partially or wholly paralyzed oral musculature
– Orofacial dyskinesia (a prominent side effect of phenothiazine-class
tranquilizers)
