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The prosthodontic treatment must provide for the edentulous patients bio-functional prosthetic restorations, bioprophylactic for the surrounding tissues and esthetic harmony with the face and person as a whole. In this aim, an edentulous patient must be submitted to a methodical clinical examination in order to establish the quality of hard and soft tissues, which will indicate the degree of difficulty of the prosthetic treatment and modification in the treatment plan and to tailor the treatment according to individual needs. Additional investigation such as histology may be needed in case of pathological changes in hard or soft tissues within the oral cavity. The problem of managing abused tissues in a patient with morphologic abnormalities due to faulty prostheses is sometimes difficult to solve and need surgical intervention if the tissues fail to respond with the rest and conditioning material. Adequate healing time should be given for the operated area and modification in the treatment plan should be provided not to assault the tissue anymore.

Abused tissue, Complete denture therapy, Pre-prosthetic surgery