PMID: 11928411Apr 4, 2002Paper

Long term results of overdentures supported by one-stage ITI-implants

Nederlands tijdschrift voor tandheelkunde
Daniel WismeijerJ I Vermeeren

Abstract

To evaluate the long-term outcome of overdenture treatment in edentulous patients who received dental implants and an overdenture in the mandible. The patients, endentulous in upper and lower jaw, were treated with 218 one face ITI implants, inserted in the interforaminal part of the mandible and evaluated during the first 80 months after insertion of the implants. The patients were asked to fill out a questionnaire concerning denture satisfaction and social comfort. The medical files were used for evaluating the aftercare. 7 implants were lost during the period of 80 months. A minimum of surgical and prosthetic aftercare was necessary to maintain the implants and overdentures. The patient satisfaction of the dentures was high, as well as the social comfort, and there was no significant difference between the results after 19 and 80 months. Complaints about the upper dentures were hardly present. Implants inserted in the interforaminal part of the mandible are successful. Oral and social comfort is high and less aftercare is necessary, when a strict recall protocol is taken into account.

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