Occlusion and Temporomandibular Function among Subjects with Mandibular Distal Extension Removable Partial Dentures

Table 7

Number of occlusal contacts between maxillary natural teeth and opposing denture teeth of the mandibular distal extension removable partial denture. In parentheses the potential number of occlusal contacts (opposing denture teeth present).

	Observations
Tooth type	Baseline	3-year	6-year	9-year	Combined observations
15/25	8 (11)	6 (10)	7 (8)	5 (7)	26 (36) 72%a
16/26	19 (30)	15 (28)	11 (24)	8 (18)	53 (100) 53%
17/27	4 (15)	5 (14)	3 (12)	2 (11)	14 (52) 29%
Total	31 (56)	26 (52)	21 (44)	15 (36)	93 (188) 55%

aPercentage refers to the total of recorded occlusal contact and the potential number of contact per tooth type.