Unlike natural teeth, osseointegrated implants react bio mecha­ nically in a different fashion to occlusal load due to lack of the periodontal ligament. Hence, the dental implants may be more prone to occlusal overloading, which is often regarded as one of the potential causes for peri­implant bone loss and failure of the implant/implant prosthesis. Stability of the intercuspal position and red...

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM Mandibular implant overdentures provide improved treatment outcome than conventional denture therapy, but there is controversy as to which overdenture treatment is the best choice. PURPOSE This study evaluated 3 different mandibular implant overdenture treatments with respect to prosthesis retention and stability, tissue response, patient satisfaction and preference, and ...

Traditionally, it has been advocated that implants planned for use as overdenture abutments be placed parallel to each other to obtain predictable attachment retention and complete seating of the restoration and to prevent premature wear of components. However, it is often difficult or impossible to place implants parallel to each other, and patients with implants that have already been placed ...

Edentulous patients may be restored with complete-arch implant-supported fixed complete dental prostheses (IFCDPs) on angled distal implants or parallel distributed equally across the mandible to increase area of support. A treatment is presented introduce clinical concept providing edentulous an prosthesison tissue-level in standard length interforaminally and ultrashort distally. structured p...

Patients wearing conventional dentures often complain about the instability of the prosthesis, particularly the mandibular denture. Denture instability leads to feeling of insecurity, inefficient mastication, and overall dissatisfaction with the prosthesis. Implant-retained dentures have been developed and studied as a method for solving the problem of instability associated with conventional d...

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...

Prosthodontic rehabilitation can be accomplished with fixed, overdenture, complete, or implant-retained prostheses. Dental treatment overcomes the patient's functional, psychological, esthetic and phonation problems. Remaining healthy teeth may allow the dentist to fabricate a removable partial overdenture, fixed partial prosthesis or implant - supported prosthesis. The retention of a number of...

PURPOSE Edentulism usually leads to esthetic, functional, and emotional discomfort resulting in a loss of self-esteem and a decrease of the patient's quality of life. Dental implants provide new possibilities to ensure the comfort and efficacy of prosthetic rehabilitation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the satisfaction level of patients rehabilitated using the Brånemark protocol or over...

OBJECTIVES This study investigates the outcome of short implants additionally placed with longer implants to support a maxillary overdenture. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twelve patients received six implants to support a maxillary overdenture. Only one patient still had two molars in the maxilla, while the others had no remaining teeth. The status of the opposing arch was diverse. The distal implan...