Philosophy and Practice of Preventive Prosthodontics

Prevention is an obligation of dentistry as well as critical patient responsibility. Prosthodontics has evolved highly as a specialized field in replacement of missing teeth and adjacent soft and hard oral tissues; the cooperation with other aspects of the expectations of an ever-increasing elderly population with quite rightly youthful outlooks of both function and esthetics is demanding. Though prosthodontics is a specialized field in replacement of missing teeth and hard and soft tissues, the preventive aspect of prosthodontics cannot be ignored.Potential problems can be avoided and resolved by properly instituting a preventive prosthodontic procedure or practice according to the degree or level of prevention needed to correct it.Following the various preventive measures and treatment phases at each level from the prenatal and postnatal stage to rehabilitative stage, further regression of disease.