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Filter by:Dental implants are often the preferred treatment option and in some clinical scenarios they are considered the standard of care to restore missing or damaged teeth, due to the limitations of conventional treatments. For fully edentulous subjects, conventional tissue-supported dentures in some cases are associated with severe subjective complaints and difficult adaptation, mainly the mandibular denture, resulting in limited function and detrimental effects on oral health-related quality of life, especially for older patients. The use of implants to retain a mandibular denture (overdenture) has been recommended as a suitable and low-cost alternative to improve denture stability, with positive effects on oral comfort and function. The two-implant mandibular overdenture has been considered an effective design to achieve clinical benefits for patients. However, the main problem facing two-implant overdenture is the high cost of implantation and the relative complexity of the surgical intervention, so the use of a single midline implant to retain a mandibular overdenture was suggested as a more viable solution for reducing costs and complexity of treatment with similar benefits compared to solutions with higher number of implants. Nevertheless, there are few studies that compared the performance of different retention systems and their effects on patient-centered outcomes, such as satisfaction with the dentures, oral health-related quality of life, individual preferences and other subjective ratings of clinical outcomes. Thus, the aim of this randomized clinical trial with a crossover design is to investigate the changes in clinical and patient-reported outcomes following the use of different retention systems for a single implant-retained mandibular overdenture Hypothesis: it was hypothesized that clinical and patient-reported outcomes of a single-implant mandibular overdenture is dependent on the type of retention system, and patients have distinct preferences in relation to different attachments
The objective of this study is to compare the canine guidance (CG) and bilateral balanced occlusion (BBO) on denture satisfaction and kinesiographic parameters of complete denture wearers, by means of a cross-over trial. Edentulous patients will receive new maxillary and mandibular complete dentures and, after the intraoral adjustments and adaptation period, will randomly receive a sequence of occlusal schemes: BBO followed by CG, or CG followed by BBO.
This study aims to compare mandibular overdentures retained either by mini or standard size implants as a treatment for edentulous adults, in terms of patient-reported satisfaction and oral health-related quality of life. We will also evaluate post surgical discomfort, the success rate of prostheses and implants in the long term, denture quality and costs.
BACKGROUND: The fabrication of complete dentures traditionally involves a series of complex technical procedures. Those procedures include two impressions for each jaw, the registration of the relationship between the upper teeth and the patient's head and usually two appointments for tooth try-in. However, recent studies have questioned the real need for such complex procedures. Simplified methods could have similar results if compared with conventional ones, and dentures would be delivered faster and with lower costs. OBJECTIVES: This study aims to compare the effectiveness complete dentures fabricated with a simplified or conventional method. METHODS: Eighty edentulous patients who requested treatment by maxillary and mandibular complete denture in a public dental clinic inside the University of Sao Paulo - Ribeirão Preto Dental School will be randomly divided into two groups. Group S will receive new dentures fabricated by a simplified method, whereas Group C will received new dentures according to a conventional method. Participants will complete a questionnaire for denture satisfaction and the oral health-related quality of life, 3 and 6 months after treatment. At the same time, a specialist in dental prostheses will evaluate the quality of new dentures.