case_images: PMC5418917_01
case_images: Patient's old dentures.
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case_images: F1
case_images: The patient had worn his dentures for more than 20 years and as a result presented severe occlusal wear, reduced vertical dimension and ill adapted denture bases Fig. (1).
case_images: (a) Inflammatory papillary hyperplasia caused by vacuum chamber. (b) Upper denture with chamber.
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case_images: F2
case_images: During the clinical examination, it was noticed that the upper denture presented a vacuum chamber in the palatal area filled with an inflammatory hyperplasia (Figs. (2a and b).
case_images: Relined denture.
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case_images: F3
case_images: Once a week, the upper denture was relined with a zinc oxide-eugenol paste (ZOE) (Pasta Lysanda, Lysanda Produtos Odontologicos Ltda, Brazil) for 4 weeks Fig. (3).
case_images: Aspect of the hyperplasia after five weeks.
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case_images: F4
case_images: In the fourth week, the lesion had reduced substantially Fig. (4); in the fifth week, the denture was relined with fast set polymethyl methacrylate resin (JET; Artigos Odontologicos Classico Ltda, Brazil); in the sixth week, the fabrication of the maxillary and mandibular complete dentures started.