Journal of Oral Rehabilitation
Journal of Oral Rehabilitation 2012 39; 838--846
Complete denture displacement following open-mouth
reline
K . - H . U T Z * 1 , D . S C H N E I D E R * 1 , J . F E Y E N † , M . G R Ü N E R * , S . B A Y E R * ,
R . F I M M E R S ‡ & F . M Ü L L E R § *Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, Propaedeutics and Dental Materials, University of
Bonn, Bonn, †Private Practice, Lennestadt, ‡Institute for Medical Biometrics, Informatics and Epidemiology (IMBIE), Bonn, Germany and
§
Division of Gerodontology and Removable Prosthodontics, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
SUMMARY In 21 complete denture wearers, six
upper and 15 lower denture relines were performed
with the open-mouth technique. The centric
relation (CR) was recorded with the Central-
Bearing-Point (CBP) method three times before and
three times after the reline. For each registration,
the right and left condylar position was recorded in
three dimensions using a custom-made measuring
device. The average denture displacement from an
initial reference position (CR) was calculated for
each registration. An upper denture reline leads to
a mean displacement of 2
5 mm, both in the right
and left condylar area. With an average of 2
0 mm,
this displacement was smaller following a lower
denture reline (right and left mean, 1
6 mm). The
precision of the CBP-registrations proved 0
5 mm
Introduction
Following insertion, complete dentures settle into the
denture-bearing tissues, especially during the first
weeks post-extraction (1–5). This leads potentially to
a shift in denture position and changes in occlusion.
Remodelling and atrophy of the alveolar ridges never
cease completely, but progress more slowly and show
a large interindividual variation (5–9). The ridge
resorption is two- to fourfold greater in the mandible
than in the maxilla and appears more pronounced in
the anterior than in the posterior regions. This may
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These authors contributed equally to the work.
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before and 0
3 mm after reline; hence, the
measured condylar displacement after reline could
not attribute to a methodological bias. This clinical-
experimental study demonstrates that relining
complete dentures with the open-mouth technique
may lead to a substantial denture shift and thus
imply inevitably clinically relevant occlusal
discrepancies. It is therefore important to carefully
check the occlusion at denture delivery and
remount the prostheses if necessary.
KEYWORDS: occlusion, relining, open-mouth reline,
closed-mouth reline, remounting complete
dentures, complete dentures
Accepted for publication 13 June 2012
be related to differences in bone density, but may
equally depend to the total surface of the denture
base, which implies distinctly different occlusal load
distribution patterns for the upper and lower denture
(10). No scientific evidence exists on a potential influ-
ence of complete denture quality or a particular
occlusal concept on the progression of the alveolar
ridge resorption (9, 11, 12). Consequently, it is fre-
quently necessary to reline the denture base according
the individual ridge resorption.
Various reline techniques exist with respect to prep-
aration of the denture, choice of impression material,
border moulding as well as loading during impression
setting. The closed-mouth technique implies coating
the denture base with impression material, placing the
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denture and then guiding the patient into centric

Materials and methods
relation (CR). Its aim is to maintain or even correct
the previous occlusion in addition to the improvement Permission from the ethical committee of the Medical
in denture adaptation. In contrast, the open-mouth Faculty of the University of Bonn (No 001/07) was
technique does not take into account the occlusion obtained and all patients gave written, informed con-
until the insertion of the relined prosthesis. Both tech- sent. For this study, complete denture wearers who
niques have their advantages and disadvantages consecutively presented for a reline at the Department
[Table 1, for further detail see (13)]. Although both of Prosthetic Dentistry of the University of Bonn were
techniques introduce a denture displacement, the screened. Inclusion criteria comprised wearing upper
resulting change in occlusion may vary considerably. and lower complete dentures of which at least one
The aims of this study are therefore to analyse and needed relining. Exclusion criteria were flabby ridges
quantify complete denture displacement following affecting denture stability, surgical resection of the
open-mouth reline to provide scientific evidence for alveolar ridges or the palate as well as a history of
clinical recommendations concerning occlusal adjust- neuro-muscular disease.
ments in complete dentures following reline. The clinical procedures were undertaken by one
operator (D. Schneider) and began in the first session
with alginate impressions taken from dental arches of
Table 1. Clinical aspects of open-mouth versus closed-mouth the upper and lower denture. Central-Bearing-Point
reline technique (CBP)-plates were manufactured on the plaster casts
by positioning a lower writing plate* parallel to the
Closed-mouth technique Open-mouth technique occlusal plane and between the teeth, bridging the gap
Reline in maximum Reline whilst the patient opens
to the lingual aspects of the lower teeth with light-
intercuspation, thus little the mouth, thus changes in cured resin (Fig. 1). The upper CBP-pin was placed
occlusal adjustment occlusion likely after denture centrally on the palate, so that the denture bearing tis-
required after insertion insertion sues were loaded evenly when the patient closed.
Positioning of denture Perfect loading of the denture In the second clinical session, the laboratory-manu-
during impression taking during impression taking as
factured CBP-plates were fitted to the dentures. Small
determined by patient, denture positioning and
thus little control over loading is entirely controlled lingual undercuts in the lower plates were exploited for
load distribution by the operator snap-retention or friction. When no undercuts were
Border moulding performed Border moulding by patient present, red Kerr compound®† was used to stick the
by patient only, thus and operator, thus shaped CBP-plates to the dentures. The upper plates were sim-
denture flanges potentially perfectly during function
ply adapted to the palatal contours and fixed by means
too thick
Lingual borders sharp and Good lingual and sublingual
of a thin layer of powder adhesive. Dentures and plates
overextended as no border moulding as patient were then inserted into the mouth, and the height of
tongue movements are can pull the tongue the upper pin was adjusted so that a minimal interoc-
possible clusal separation was present; hence, in CR the pin was
Denture flange fills the Opening and lateral movements the only contact between the upper and the lower jaw.
‘static’ space lateral to the during impression taking
Occlusal foil was used to verify the separation of upper
tuberosities, thus provide a dynamic rather than
potentially blocking a static shape of the denture and lower teeth and the registration plates, respectively.
opening and lateral flange After adding wax colour to the writing plate, the
movements patient performed mandibular border movements to
Physical properties and Excess impression material could engrave the gothic arch on the lower metal plate.
quantity of impression be removed before setting, thus
Moderate manual pressure on the chin was applied
material may determine controlled shape of the
vestibular denture shape vestibular denture flange
whilst the patient performed the tracing. This proce-
Little chairside time Occlusal adjustments at insertion
required at insertion likely
Sore spots likely as tissues Denture base perfectly adapted as
*Gerber Condylator® Set Nr. 105; Condylator Service, Zürich,
were deformed when the tissues were not deformed
Switzerland.
patient closed in occlusion during impression taking †
Kerr Corporation, Orange, CA, USA.

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Fig. 1. The Central-Bearing-Point

(CBP)-registration plates were
connected with light-curing resin to
the relined dentures.

dure was performed three times, thus repeated twice

on the same layer of wax.
Only after the three positions of the tips of the
gothic arch coincided, a pierced plastic plaque was
stuck, so that its hole would house the upper CBP-pin
when the patient closed in CR (Fig. 2). Upper and
lower dentures were then keyed with Snow-White
impression Plaster No 2®‡ in this CR. Two separate
plaster keys were produced simultaneously for the
right- and left-side teeth, respectively. Once the plas-
ter had set, both dentures were retrieved as a block.
We checked whether the pin was correctly placed in
the hole of the acrylic plate and whether a sufficient
interocclusal separation was present and bridged by
the plaster keys. After dissembling dentures and regis- Fig. 2. The hole of the plastic plaque was located over the tip
tration material, the plaster keys were trimmed and of the gothic arch before that it was fixed with sticky wax.
labelled for further analysis. This first registration was
followed by two subsequent ones, using the identical
protocol. The CBP-plates remained attached to the faster. In contrast, Luralite®‡ is less viscous and has a
dentures, but the gothic arch tracing was recoloured longer period of unchanged fluidity (14). Different
and over-written until another identical tip was materials were chosen for the upper and lower reline
obtained. Only then, the acrylic plate was newly to address the respective resiliencies of upper and
placed and again attached with sticky wax before new lower denture bearing tissues.
plaster keys were taken. In total, three independent For the laboratory procedures, the Speikodent®¶
pre-reline CBP-registrations were performed, produc- reline device was employed (15). All relines were
ing three right and three left plaster keys for analysis. performed by the same experienced technician. At
Subsequently, the planned reline was performed delivery, the following day the relined dentures were
using the open-mouth technique and zinc-oxide- adjusted until painfree under light manual pressure.
eugenol pastes. Luralite®‡ was used for the upper and The upper denture was then mounted by means of a
SS-White® impression paste®§ for the lower reline. Dentatus-AEK®** face-bow (16) into a Dentatus-
Both materials present different flow and setting char- ARL®** articulator, equipped with an adjusted mag-
acteristics. Initially, both materials seem similar, but netic Adesso®†† split-cast system.
SS-White®§ has different rheological features and sets
¶
SPEIKO – Dr. Speier GmbH, Münster, Germany.
‡
Kerr GmbH, Rastatt, Germany. **Dentatus AB, Spånga, Sweden.
§ ††
SS White Manufacturing, Gloucester, UK. Mälzer-Dental, Wunstorf, Germany.

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1st session: - taking alginate impressions of upper and lower dentures

Laboratory : - pouring plaster casts

- manufacturing upper and lower Central-Bearing-Point (CBP) plates

2nd session: - fitting of CBP-plates to the dentures

- 3 CBP registrations of the CR (CBP no 1 to 3: before reline)
- taking reline impression

Laboratory : - relining of denture

3rd session: - fitting of relined denture

- face-bow transfer of upper denture into the Dentatus ARL®-articulator
- 3 CBP-registrations in CR (CBP no 4 to 6: after reline)
- mounting of the lower denture by means of CBP no 6
- transfer of both mounted dentures to the measuring device equipped with Adesso® split-
cast system)
- recording of the condylar position in 3 dimensions using CBP no 1 to 6 (each twice A + B)
- transferring both dentures back to the articulator
- adjusting the occlusion until equilibrated
- insertion of dentures and discharge of the patient
Fig. 3. Flow chart of protocol.

In the following, three post-reline CBP-regis-

trations were performed according to the pre-reline
protocol.
The lower cast was mounted with the last not
dissembled plaster keys (for procedures see Fig. 3).
Then, upper and lower Adesso®†† split-casts together
with the dentures were removed from the articula-
tor and transferred to a custom-made measuring
device.

Measuring device

To assess the denture displacement between the dif-

ferent CBP-registrations, a custom made measuring
device, based on the Kondymeter by Posselt, was used
(17). It consists of independent upper and lower parts
of an articulator, both also equipped with an
Adesso®†† split-cast system. The lower part disposed
of three digital gauges in the right and two in the left
condylar area to record the position of condyles from
the upper, detached part of the measuring device in
three dimensions (Fig. 4). A sixth digital gauge was
mounted at the incisal pin. The latter was important
for calculating the 3D displacements in the condylar
area with a custom-made software.
All gauges were zeroed before and after each
patient by means of the calibrated key of the
Adesso®†† split-cast system. A custom-made software
calculated the spatial displacement of the upper den-
ture from the horizontal, frontal and vertical mea-
surements. Data were stored for offline analysis.
Fig. 4. Custom-made measuring device, based on a Dentatus
ARL® articulator.
Measurements
Each pair of right and left plaster keys, three taken
before and three after relining, were placed two times
between the upper and lower dentures and the spatial
coordinates of the right and left condyles were
recorded electronically. The mean of these two regis-
trations was used for analyses.
The experimental set-up used then the mean of the
three CBP registrations before as reference in compar-
ison with the three subsequent CBP-registrations after
the relining. When all measurements were finished,
the casts were transferred back to the conventional

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Table 2. Displacements (mm) of right and left condyles following reline of the upper complete dentures

Spatial
Right Left displacement
n=6
Upper dentures Sagittal Vertical Transversal Sagittal Vertical Transversal Right Left

Median 0
77 0
91 0
74 0
01 0
77 0
74 2
47 2
40

Mean 0
30 1
04 0
06 0
50 0
88 0
06 2
51 2
45
s.d. 1
49 1
13 1
99 1
97 0
82 1
99 1
14 1
59
Minimum 1
85 2
90 2
83 2
94 2
27 2
39 0
53 0
49
Maximum 1
57 0
19 2
39 2
14 0
26 2
83 3
95 4
67

Displacement of upper dentures

5
4·5 Max

4
3·5 Max
75%
3 75%
[mm]

2·5 Median
2 Median
1·5 Fig. 5. Box-plot of the denture
25% Max
25% displacement following open-mouth
1
reline of upper dentures in the
0·5 Min condylar area, the precision of the
Median Min
0 Min Central-Bearing-Point (CBP)-
Displacement [mm] Reproducibility [mm] Displacement minus registration method as well as the
Reproducibility [mm] displacement minus the precision.

articulator and the occlusion was adjusted before the
dentures were delivered‡‡§§.
Results
A total of 21 patients (16 men and five women) took
part in the experiments. Their average age was
67
4 ± 9
7 years (56–84 years), and they had been
wearing their current complete dentures for
5
5 ± 4
9 years (0
5–18 years). Relines were per-
formed six times on the upper and 15 times on the
lower complete dentures.
Relining the upper dentures leads to a mean condy-
lar displacement for the right side of 2
5 ± 1
1 mm
(0
5–4
0 mm) and for the left side of 2
5 ± 1
6 mm
(0
5–4
7 mm) (Table 2, Fig. 5).
The condylar displacement following reline of the
lower denture was on the right side with 2
0 ± 1.2 mm
‡‡
PalaXpress®; Heraeus Kulzer GmbH & Co. KG, Hanau, Germany.
§§
Bite Compound®; GC Germany GmbH, Bad Homburg, Germany.
(0
4–5
1 mm) and on the left side with 2
0 ± 1
4 mm
(0
6–5
1 mm) slightly smaller than the one following
the upper denture reline (Table 3, Fig. 6).
The directions of all shifts of the upper comparing
with all shifts of the lower dentures following the
reline were statistically significantly different (Pillai’s
Trace, right P = 0.0045; left P = 0.027).
The precision of the CBP-registrations was 0
5 ±
0
4 mm (0
08–1
2 mm) before and 0
34 ± 0
22 mm
(0
10–0
93 mm) after the reline. There was a ten-
dency towards a higher interindividual variability
after reline (Pillai’s Trace, P < 0
097), although this
difference was not significant (n.s.).
Discussion
Although denture displacement in this study was
measured in the condylar area, the corresponding
occlusal interferences have been shown to be of a sim-
ilar magnitude (18); hence, the results are clinically
relevant. Measuring the occlusal interferences directly

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Table 3. Displacements (mm) of right and left condyles following reline of the lower complete dentures.

Spatial
Right Left displacement
n = 15
Lower dentures Sagittal Vertical Transversal Sagittal Vertical Transversal Right Left

Median 0
10 0
80 0
56 0
91 0
35 0
56 1
56 1
64

Mean 0
34 0
99 0
56 1
35 0
56 0
56 1
95 2
02
s.d. 0
92 1
44 1
09 1
29 0
88 1
10 1
24 1
37
Minimum 0
77 4
26 1
34 0
64 2
43 2
58 0
37 0
55
Maximum 2
75 1
31 2
58 3
60 0
55 1
34 5
12 5
05

Displacement of lower dentures

6

5 Max

Max
4
[mm]

3
75%

Fig. 6. Box-plot of the denture 2 75%

displacement following open-mouth Median
Median
reline of lower dentures in the 1
25% Max
condylar area, the precision of the 25%
Min Median
Central-Bearing-Point (CBP)- 0 Min Min
registration method as well as the Displacement [mm] Reproducibility [mm] Displacement minus
displacement minus the precision. Reproducibility [mm]

is difficult, as no stable reference points can be identi-
fied on the denture bearing tissues.
Whilst relining is a routine procedure in clinical
practice, little is known on the denture displacement
at insertion. In a study on 16 patients, Sassen used a
method similar to ours to evaluate the condylar shift
following denture reline, but he performed only one
single measurement before and after reline, so that
the precision of the methods remains unknown (19).
His experiments also took place at various time points
following reline, not taking into account that the occlu-
sion of complete denture wearers changes over the
wearing period (20, 21). He also used different reline
techniques and materials for the lower dentures (8 9
reline with X3N® whilst chewing, 5 9 Xantopren®, one
further technique without precise description). Sassen’s
measurements therefore confound the denture shift
because of reline and denture settling; in addition, they
comprise methodological imprecisions of unknown
extent. Furthermore, his mechanical registration of the
condylar position only allowed for 2-dimensional mea-
surements. Consequently, the reported displacements
proofed with 3
35 mm (2–5 mm) for the upper and
3
9 mm (1
8–8 mm) for the lower denture larger than
those in the present study. These early findings confirm
nevertheless a considerable denture displacement fol-
lowing reline procedures. Sassen could not evince dif-
ferences between the impressions whilst chewing
(mouth-closed) and the other ones (most likely mouth-
open, but not precisely described).
Javid et al. (22) performed a three-dimensional anal-
ysis of maxillary denture displacement following reline
procedure by means of a mechanical contourmeter in
six patients. The authors performed relines in three
patients using an open-mouth technique, and three
further patients were treated by means of a closed-
mouth technique. They used four different reline mate-
rials and measured differences immediately after reline
on the fitting surface of the upper dentures. Their
smallest displacement was in the lateral direction (0
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–0
77 mm) followed by a forward displacement
between 0
56 and 1
23 mm and finally a vertical dis-
placement between 1
25 and 1
92 mm. Compared with
the present results, their displacements were smaller,
but they investigated only the reline impressions,
which were subsequently not transformed and deliv-
ered to the patient, hence technical deformations
owing to plaster expansion or resin contraction as well
as denture settling after delivery was not considered. In
their experiments, Javid et al. could not evince statisti-
cally different discrepancies between open-mouth and
closed-mouth techniques.
The lack of relevant literature may also be caused
by the methodological difficulties of establishing a
reference position to measure the displacement of the
prostheses. Javid et al. (22) added reference
depressions with a rose bur to the denture base. Their
reference position was given by a fixed tripod on the
table, whereas the denture was placed on an occlusal
key. In the present study, we used the mean of three
CBP-registrations before reline as reference position
and compared those to the mean of three subsequent
CBP-registrations when the relined denture was
inserted 1 day later. Our reference position was the
CR. Thus, the reported denture displacement relates
only to the reline procedure and is independent of
the initial intercuspation, denture settling during the
wearing period as well as the vertical opening during
registration of the gothic arch. The latter is negligible
for two reasons, first because an arbitrary face-bow
transfer had been performed and second because
measurements were taken with the plaster-keys in
place, so the vertical dimension remained virtually
unchanged between the clinical situation and the
bench measurements (23).
The precision of the CBP-registration method in this
study corresponded to the 0
5 ± 0
3 mm (0–1
5 mm)
reported in previous independent publications,
although the clinical procedures were performed by a
different operator (24, 25). This precision is only
slightly larger than the one found in the CBP-registra-
tion of fully dentate volunteers (0
3 mm (26)), a
remarkable finding considering the resiliency of the
denture-bearing tissues. However, the precision
increased slightly after reline, which might be due to
a better adaptation of the denture base, but may
equally include a certain training effect of the patients
in carrying out the movements necessary to write a
gothic arch. The initial high precision is particularly
interesting, as the patients in this study all presented
for a reline, meaning that the denture fit was compro-
mised. It can therefore be assumed that central load-
ing of the dentures via the CBP plates stabilises the
denture base independently of discrepancies between
the denture-bearing tissues and the denture base. The
CBP thus proves a robust and precise way to register
the CR. Nevertheless, it has to be considered that the
patient sample was with an average age of 67 years
rather young for an edentulous cohort, so they are
likely to have a better muscle coordination, more
favourable anatomical conditions and less flabby
ridges than an older cohort.
Adding a layer of impression material on the hori-
zontal surfaces of the denture base such as the pal-
ate or the ridges may be expected to raise the
vertical dimension. In contrast, adding a layer of
impression material to a vertical surface like the ves-
tibular flanges might rather displace the denture in
an anterior direction. However, in this study, no sys-
tematic anterior displacement for the dentures could
be evinced. Looking at the individual shifts in the
six upper relines, it can be noted that only in one
patient occurred a bilateral dorsal displacement of
the condylar balls of the non-arcon measuring device
(corresponding to an anterior displacement of the
upper denture). The other five upper relines created
a ventral displacement of the condylar balls on one
side and a dorsal displacement on the other side,
indicating a rotational component. If all these rota-
tions were in the same direction, an influence from
the right-handedness of the operator or his position
during the clinical procedures may be suspected, but
in the present six upper denture relines, no system-
atic direction of denture displacement could be
evinced. A possible explanation might be related to
the patient’s demand for denture reline. Bone
resorption in the upper ridge occurs in a centripetal
direction, hence creating a space between the bony
ridge and the vestibular denture flange. As all
patients perceived a need for reline, this space might
have been already sufficiently large to preclude den-
ture displacement by the additional layer of reline
material. Another reason for the absence of any par-
ticular direction of upper denture displacement fol-
lowing upper denture reline might be the use of the
open-mouth technique, which allows loading the
denture centrally whilst the impression material is
setting. The central hard palate is usually less
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affected by bone resorption than the alveolar ridges,
so it provides an excellent reference for placing the
denture during the reline procedure. This ‘ideal den-
ture placement’ has to be considered one of the
main advantages of the open-mouth technique com-
pared with the closed-mouth technique where den-
ture placement is ‘uncontrolled’ and guided by a
given intercuspation. Although Javid et al. (22)
found with their mechanical measurements no signifi-
cant difference between open- and closed-mouth
techniques, it would be interesting to verify their
results with nowadays more sophisticated methodol-
ogy.
The present clinical-experimental study confirms
and quantifies the displacement of complete dentures
following an open-mouth reline. It seems reasonable
to assume that the resulting occlusal changes are sub-
stantial and will be detected by the patient (27, 28).
They might also challenge denture retention, stability
and patient comfort and even the TMJ function.
In conclusion, it is very important to carefully
check the occlusion of a relined denture at delivery
and remount the prostheses if necessary!
Acknowledgments
The dental technician Gabi Reppert produced the
CBP-registration plates, performed all relines and
adjusted the occlusion after denture remounting.
Dr. Vera Klein and Dr. Sabine Linsen helped in
recruiting patients. Dr. Oliver Lottner constructed the
program of the connection between condylar and
occlusal displacement.
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Correspondence: K.-H. Utz, Department of Prosthetic Dentistry,
Propaedeutics and Dental Materials, University of Bonn, Welschnon-
nenstraße 17, 53111 Bonn, Germany.
E-mail: karl-heinz.utz@ukb.uni-bonn.de
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