Patient's ability to localize adjustment sites on the mandibular denture

Adjustment of new complete dentures is often required. Patients may attempt to guide such adjustments by pointing out offending areas on the dentures to the clinician. Results of this study indicate that patient-perceived locations rarely coincided with the actual area on the denture that required adjustment as determined with the use of a dye-transfer indicating method. Accurate and minimal adjustments based on clinical findings rather than patient perceptions are required to avoid losing adaptation and extension of the new dentures unnecessarily.