Alveoloplasty in Complete Denture Patients - A Retrospective Study

Preprosthetic surgery is an integral part of complete denture prosthodontics. The ultimate goal of pre prosthetic surgery is to prepare a mouth to receive dental prosthesis by redesigning and smoothening bony edges which would otherwise cause hindrance in restoration of optimum health and function. This study was done to determine the prevalence of alveoloplasty done among complete denture patients. It is hospital based study, were patients case sheet were reviewed and analysed from the time period of june 2019-march 2020 at saveetha dental college and hospitals. A total of 86,000 were reviewed out of which 393 patients were complete denture patients. Incidence of alveoloplasty was analysed using SPSS software