Treatment planning of the edentulous maxilla

Treatment planning of the edentulous mandible.

Edentulism can be a debilitating handicap. Zarb described endentulous individuals who could not function as 'denture cripples'.(1) Most difficulty with complete denture prostheses arises from the inability to function with the mandibular prostheses. Factors that adversely affect successful use of a complete denture on the mandible include: 1) the mobility of the floor of the mouth, 2) thin muco...

Fixed rehabilitation of the edentulous maxilla: possibilities and clinical outcome.

PURPOSE The aim of the present report was to describe the different treatment approaches available for fixed rehabilitation of the edentulous maxilla in the presence of varying hard and soft tissue conditions and to review the clinical outcome of each treatment approach. MATERIALS AND METHODS A review of the published data published from 1980 through 2009 was conducted using electronic databa...

Immediate fixed restoration of implants in the atrophic edentulous maxilla.

Immediate loading of dental implants in the edentulous maxilla.

OBJECTIVE Immediate loading of dental implants in the edentulous mandible has proven to be an effective, reliable, and predictable procedure. There is little long-term data available on similar treatments in the edentulous maxilla. The aim of the present study was to clinically evaluate edentulous maxilla rehabilitation with removable prostheses supported by the Ankylos SynCone (Dentsply-Friade...

Rehabilitation with zygomatic implants: a treatment option for the atrophic edentulous maxilla--9-year follow-up.

This article reports the 9-year clinical outcome of the two-stage surgical rehabilitation of a severely atrophic edentulous maxilla with a metal-resin fixed denture supported by implants anchored in the zygomatic bone and the maxilla. After clinical and radiographic examination, zygomatic implants were inserted bilaterally and four standard implants were placed in the anterior region of the max...