Prosthodontic management of resorbed ridge by “Cocktail impression technique

The management of resorbed ridge has always posed a challenge to the prosthodontist for years. Obtaining a satisfactory stability in mandibular dentures has long been a challenge for every clinician. Severely resorbed ridges as in Atwood’s Order V and Order VI pose serious difficulties in providing successful dentures. Stability of lower denture in such cases is usually becomes the determining factor between success and failure. This clinical case report presents a case of severely resorbed ridge managed using the cocktail impression technique to improve mandibular denture stability in an atrophic mandibular ridge.