Over-provisionals - Simplified chairside preoperative evaluation of esthetic and functional changes during full mouth rehabilitation

J Indian Prosthodont Soc. 2025 Jan 1;25(1):102-105. doi: 10.4103/jips.jips_294_24. Epub 2025 Jan 3.

Abstract

Prosthetic rehabilitation in multifaceted dental abnormality needs sequential planning to ensure adaptation of oral and associated musculature. Reduction of tooth structure before adaptation of oral and associated components may complicate the treatment modality if compliance of the musculature is poor. Hence, the fabrication of over-provisional in esthetic rehabilitation enables to assess of the success of the treatment plan preoperatively before invasive trials. A 55-year-old male with a diagnosis of Category I loss of vertical dimension, according to Turner and Missirlian classification, required full mouth rehabilitation. The case report depicts the preoperative management of full mouth rehabilitation with direct chair-side technique using over-provisional to analyze the esthetic and functional changes. Restoration of esthetics is a complex task that needs patient satisfaction to achieve success. Over-provisional is a simplified method of establishing esthetics and functional rehabilitation. Esthetic and functional rehabilitation of an individual can be an easy transition when preoperative evaluation of the final prosthesis design is visually created intraorally.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Esthetics, Dental*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mouth Rehabilitation* / methods
  • Vertical Dimension