Functional Restoration with Implant Overdentures - Discussion on Desired Denture Border Configuration

Introduction Prosthetic treatment modalities of edentulous patients will include ➀ Conventional complete dentures, ➁ Fixed prostheses with dental implants (Fixed bone anchored bridges), and ➂ Removable type of Implant retained overdentures (hereafter IOD). Especially among them above, since “The McGill Consensus Statement on Overdentures”1) (will be detailed later) was published in 2002, attention has been attracted to IOD in international clinical scenes. In this study, viewing of future possible acceptance of IOD in Japan, issues about it will be organized and a clinical case will be presented where a complete denture was transitioned to IOD. And the findings from them will be discussed by relating with views of denture border configuration.