Journal of AdvancedMedical and Dental Sciences Research

Social interaction between humans occur across all ages and cultures, and is considered an essential element of humans' social ability. Humans when born are taken care of by parents and when they are about to die are expected to be taken care of their children. At times, these relations may not follow norms which is when an elderly starts being maltreated by those who are supposed to take his care. Elder abuse is prevalent among medical and dental outpatients and has been observed to affect treatment compliance. Interventions in elder abuse are primarily to prevent its occurrence by proper community education. We present a case of an elderly patient who reported with repeated fractures of his two prostheses (complete dentures) in a span of 6 months. Other features that indicated him being an elder abuse victim included not getting denture treatment for 4 years, unusual pattern of denture fractures and not having witnessed how the denture fractured. The patient was given a new complete denture prosthesis that was fabricated with a permanent metal denture base. The patient was satisfied with the treatment outcome.