Intramucosal insert and method of retaining a denture utilizing the same

A method for securing a denture in the mucosal tissue surrounding the jawbone of a patient comprising the steps of:

• forming a cavity in the denture;
• depositing an ethyl cyanoacrylate cement in the cavity;
• securing an instramucosal insert having a dome-shaped head, a planar base having top and bottom surfaces and contiguous side edges and an elongated neck having a cross section narrower than the cross section of the head connecting the head and the base in the denture in the cavity formed in the denture;
• forming a first, elongated bore in the mucosal tissue having a diameter proximate the diameter of the neck of the insert;
• forming an enlarged cavity at the interior end of the first bore in the mucosal tissue having a shape proximate the shape of the head of the insert with a bottom surface of the cavity extending outward from the side edges of the first bore to define a seat for the bottom surface of the head of the insert;
• and
• inserting the head and neck of the insert into the first bore and cavity until the head seats within the cavity to secure the denture in the mucosal tissue.