A plethora of attachment systems for mandibular two-implant overdentures is currently available often without evidence-based support. Technical aspects are now parameters considered when choosing the appropriate attachment. Despite the increasing use of the Locator attachments, studies regarding their properties remain scarce. Peer reviewed articles published in English up to 2011, were identif...

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, attent...

Purpose: Purpose of this study to evaluate the effect implant position on prosthesis movement mandibular two implant-supported overdenture under simulating biting force. Materials and methodology: 30 experimental overdentures (N=30) were made for an edentulous test model, which included artificial mucosa. Based position, samples divided into three groups (n=10) (i.e., A E, B D,in between D). Fo...

BACKGROUND The effect of hydroxyapatite coating of dental implants is controversial. The long-term fate of hydroxyapatite-coated implants has been the subject of some criticism. PURPOSE The aim of this retrospective study was to assess the clinical outcome of hydroxyapatite-coated cylindrical root-form endosseous Impladent dental implants (LASAK Ltd, Prague, Czech Republic) during a six-year ...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to examine systematically the data published on the efficacy of mandibular implant-retained overdentures from the patient's perspective. MATERIAL AND METHODS Medline, Embase, The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and The Cochrane Systematic Reviews Database were searched and complemented by hand searching. All randomized-controlled trials publ...

Mandibular single denture opposed by maxillary natural dentition showed a great problem. However, mandibular implant overdenture treatment has gained considerable recognition. Ten male patients with complete mandibular edentulous arch and opposing arch have full natural dentition. Patients were divided into two groups. All patients received two endosseous titanium implants. In Group I, patients...

The aim of this study was to evaluate predoctoral complete denture curricula in the dental schools of Turkey in terms of materials, techniques, and approaches. A questionnaire with twenty-two multiple-choice questions was prepared and sent by e-mail to the directors of the prosthodontic departments of the seventeen long-established dental schools in Turkey. All schools responded for a response ...