Question 313 · LDEK · Denture-related oral lesions
Possible causes of denture stomatitis do not include:
- A. roughness of the ridge-facing side of a mucosa-borne denture.
- B. Candida albicans infection.
- C. lack of relief for the torus palatinus.
- D. raising the height of the centric occlusal position and exceeding the interocclusal distance.
- E. all the answers list possible causes of denture stomatitis.
Hint
Denture stomatitis has a multifactorial aetiology; check whether each factor could plausibly injure or infect the mucosa.
The answer, the explanation and a note on every option are available once you log in. The account is free: topic tests, a mock exam, mistake review and statistics.
More questions on Prosthodontics
- Which of the forces responsible for holding a dental prosthesis in place is not present in complete dentures?
- Agents for impregnation of retraction cords, containing iron sulfate, may have adversely affect the binding process between:
- To plan and make all the necessary prosthetic restorations, an impression of the prosthetic area must be obtained. An impression made using only an…
- A denture repair clinic to which a patient brought their broken prosthesis will repair the prosthesis using a cold-curing resin. Choose the…
- In trial complete dentures, the occlusal area:
- Indicate the false statement: