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- Title
Digital Analysis of Occlusion in Fixed Partial Implant Prostheses: How to Overcome Age-Related Changes in the Stomatognathic System.
- Authors
Dib Zakkour, Juan; Dib Zakkour, Sara; Montero, Javier; García-Cenador, Begoña; Flores-Fraile, Javier; Dib Zaitun, Abraham
- Abstract
Due to their lack of periodontal ligaments (PLs) and the differences between dental implants and natural teeth, it is necessary to improve and generate a new occlusal scheme to prolong the life of implants and prostheses. The age and the sex of patients must be considered because of their effects on the stomatognathic system's physiology. Operators must manage all the changes to obtain good sensations during mastication and a better occlusal scheme for implanting fixed partial prostheses. Dentists should try to protect this type of prosthesis using adjacent teeth and the PL. This is why new digital systems were created. The combination of T-Scan® (digital software for occlusal analysis) and electromyography (EMG) could allow doctors to find areas where it is necessary to act and to find suitable solutions for the problems generated by using conventional methods of occlusal analysis (such as articulating paper). In this study, a new method for establishing occlusion on fixed partial implant prostheses has been created, combining digital systems with conventional articulating paper. This method consists of asking the patient to bite down with different forces and situations in an attempt to achieve Implant-Protected Occlusion (IPO). The use of digital systems has been shown to be more effective than using only conventional systems. This new method allows a safer mode of occlusion which protects implants and prostheses, saving all the differences between them and natural teeth, and increasing the satisfaction of patients. This method also helps to overcome the changes in the stomatognathic system as age increases, adjusting the occlusion to changes in PLs with age.
- Subjects
DENTAL implants; COMPUTER software; STATISTICS; KRUSKAL-Wallis Test; DENTAL offices; ONE-way analysis of variance; BRIDGES (Dentistry); PATIENT satisfaction; FISHER exact test; DENTAL occlusion; COMPARATIVE studies; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; SEX distribution; T-test (Statistics); PEARSON correlation (Statistics); STOMATOGNATHIC system; AGING; MASTICATION; BLIND experiment; CHI-squared test; STATISTICAL sampling; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; DATA analysis; DATA analysis software; PERIODONTAL ligament
- Publication
Prosthesis (2673-1592), 2024, Vol 6, Issue 1, p119
- ISSN
2673-1592
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/prosthesis6010010