Effects of tongue movements on lingual sulcus depth while border molding in mandibular complete dentures

Conclusion: The high value found in casts with border molding, while swallowing was statistically significant in vertical and horizontal directions of the anterior lingual sulcus region (<0.001), vertical direction of the middle lingual sulcus region (MLSR) (<0.05) and horizontal direction of the retromylohyoid and MLSR (<0.05). According to the paired t-test, the mean differences between the 32 casts were statistically significant (<0.001). Within the limitations of this study, the swallowing in the vertical and horizontal directions provided higher values compared to the excessive movement of the tongue.

Source: Table of Contents : Indian Journal of Dental Research : 2006 - 17(3) - October 10, 2014 Category: Dentistry Authors: Saip DenizogluNuran YanikogluBurak YilmazDuygu Kürklü Source Type: research