• Farideh Geramipanah, Saman Fallahi Sichani, Susan Mirmohammadrezaei, and Safoura Ghodsi.
• Department of Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, Dental Implant Research Center, Dentistry Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
• Prosthet Orthot Int. 2016 Aug 1; 40 (4): 528-31.

Background And AimWhen a mandibulectomy causes discontinuity, the patient will need a rehabilitative prosthesis to achieve a proper occlusal relationship.TechniqueThis article describes step-by-step guidelines for measuring the patient-specific mandibular guide flange angulation. In the presented technique, the flange angulation is determined by dividing the horizontal overlap of the maxillary posterior teeth plus the maxillary buccal clasp thickness by the vertical distance of the mandibular continuous clasp up to the maxillary buccal clasp.DiscussionThe mandibular guiding flange prosthesis must achieve an angulation that is appropriate for the particular circumstances of each patient to minimize the complications with mandibular deviation.Clinical RelevanceThe introduced method for measuring the patient-specific mandibular guide flange angulation can help prosthodontists to prepare the mandibular guiding flange prosthesis with higher accuracy and predictability.© The International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics 2015.

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