[Measurement of the polished surface of upper and lower complete dentures]

The authors measured the polished surface of fifty upper and lower complete dentures, with regard to sex. The measurements were performed using a special computer assisted stereo-fotogrammetric method in the National Cartographic Institute. The results show that the average area of the lower complete denture's polished surface is 2.096 mm2, and the upper's is, 3644 mm2. The authors did find any not differences according to sexes.