An Innovative and Simple Approach to Functional Salivary Reservoir Fabrication

Abstract

Saliva is a valuable oral fluid that is often taken for granted. Impaired salivary function is a major and a debilitating sequela of radiation treatment for patients with head and neck cancer. It can persist for years and thereby increases the risk of oral infection significantly. Moreover, it has a notably negative impact on the quality of life of such patients. To help overcome this problem, a number of techniques have been proposed for incorporating a reservoir containing salivary substitute into a removable prosthesis. A new design for a functional salivary reservoir is presented here. This design is simple to construct and easily maintained by the wearer. Details of its design, construction, and other potential advantages are presented.

Functional salivary reservoir in maxillary complete denture – technique redefined

“…The tissue conditioner material is used to locate the position of the reservoir on the palate without interfering with the phonetics of the patient . The material is thicker in the anterior portion and vault of ridge thinning down to feather edge on the posterior border to make posterior border of reservoir discernible to tongue.…”

Salivary reservoir designs for patients with xerostomia: a review

“…Out of the eighteen articles found in literature, three designs [5][6][7] were found to be functional salivary reservoirs while thirteen designs [8][9][10][11] were found to be nonfunctional salivary reservoirs in the complete denture category [12][13][14][15][16][17][18] . In removable cast partial dentures, three designs 8,19,20 were found to be in the nonfunctional category, while in removable partial dentures one design 4 was found in functional salivary reservoir category a n d t w o 9 , 2 1 w e r e f o u n d i n nonfunctional salivary reservoir category.…”

“…Upadhyay et al [6] Upadhyay et al [6] Upadhyay et al [6] Maxillary Shah et al [7] Shah et al [7] Shah et al [7] Maxillary Toljanic et al [8] Toljanic et al [8] Toljanic et al [8] Maxillary Co-Cr palate and meshwork was used to reduce overall thickness of the denture base Co-Cr palate and meshwork was used to reduce overall thickness of the denture base Vissink et al [9] Vissink et al [9] Vissink et al [9] Maxillary Co-Cr plate was 0.45mm thick in the center and 1mm at the junction of acrylic resin denture base and Co-Cr. Palatal contouring was carried out by functional movement of the tongue and recorded by soft wax Co-Cr plate was 0.45mm thick in the center and 1mm at the junction of acrylic resin denture base and Co-Cr.…”

A Novel Technique of incorporating Salivary Reservoir in a Complete Denture Patient: A Case Report

“…A variety of fabrication method has been described in the literature for reservoir denture. Joseph et al [8] and Shah et al [9] used 1mm thickness of thermoplastic sheet for the fabrication of lid on maxillary denture. Burhanpurwala et al [10] used snap-on buttons for orientation of two-piece mandibular reservoir denture along with clear acrylic tissue bearing plate to visualize the patient about the level of salivary substitute in the denture.…”