Reduced mouth opening poses a challenge and is often a daunting task for the operator to perform any intraoral procedures. Limited mouth opening can be caused by the head and neck radiation, surgically treated head and neck tumors, connective tissue diseases, facial burns, reconstructive lip surgeries and the most common factor oral submucous fibrosis. Reduced mouth opening in patients with trismus induced by submucous fibrosis, the procedure may be even more difficult to carry out impression procedures because of reduced tissue resiliency and obliteration of vestibular spaces. The present case report describes the fabrication of sectional dentures designed for edentulous patient after surgical removal of fibrous bands which was diagnosed as chronic areca-nut induced submucous fibrosis.
Key words: Microstomia, limited mouth opening, sectional dentures.