Preparation of the mouth for complete dentures 

Causes of abused soft tissues:
Treatment of abused soft tissues:
A. Conditions involving hard tissues:
1- Retained roots
2- Unerupted teeth
3- Sharp irregular residual ridges
4- Sharp mylohyoid ridge
5- Prominent maxillary tuberosities
6- V-shaped palate
7- Undercut areas
8- Tori and exostoses
9- Abnormal jaw relations
10- Pressure on the mental foramen
11- Reduced residual ridges or flat ridge
B. Conditions involving soft tissues:
1- Flabby Ridge (Abuse Tissues)
2 - Frenular attachments
3- Tight lip
4- Large Tongue
5- Soft Tissue Interferences
6- Papillary Hyperplasia
7- Vestibuloplasty
8- Denture stomatitis
9- Epulis fissurata (denture hyperplasia)
10- Angular stomatitis (angular cheilitis)