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Recording ‘Sublingual Crescents’ in Lower Complete Dentures: A Technique so Effective but still Esoteric and Arcane.

Conclusion: This impression technique, combined with arrangement of teeth on the center of the ridge in the posterior part, use of flattened cusp posterior teeth and contoured polish surface of denture base (Fisch concept) provide sufficient retention and stability to the dentures made on these severely resorbed ridges. Clinical significance: Patients with severely resorbed ridges cannot be rehabilitated with implants also and so normally suffer with loose lower denture fabricated with normal border moulding procedures. These patients can be rehabilitated to a great extent properly. Keywords: Sublingual crescents, Sublingual fold, Retention, Stability, Severely resorbed mandibular ridge. How to cite this article: Gafoor MAA, Kumar VVH, Sheejith M, Swapna C. Recording ‘Sublingual Crescents’…

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