Complete Edentulous Rehabilitation of a Down's syndrome Patient Also Being Treated for Schizophrenia – Case Report
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 7
Abstract
Although patients with downs syndrome are found routinely in the medical clinics, their high prosthetic treatment needs require them to seek prosthetic care. These patients are known to have psychiatric disorders, but rarely psychotic disorder like Schizophrenia is found, because of the difficulty associated to isolate the disorder as a result of downs syndrome or schizophrenia. A childish female patient came to the prosthetic undergraduate clinic seeking complete denture prosthesis. Thorough and careful history revealed the patient was under a medication regimen of 4 drugs that had a definite impact on prosthetic outcome. Difficulties during complete denture fabrication were mainly due to the hypotonia, dyskinesia, dystonia as it affected the normal mandibular movements. Besides implications related to complete denture fabrication other prosthodontic implications have also been reviewed and summarized in the discussionv
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Areej AG
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