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- Title
Early Loading of Two Implants Supporting Mandibular Overdentures in Geriatric Edentulous Patients: A 12-Year Follow-Up Study.
- Authors
Velasco-Ortega, Eugenio; Matos-Garrido, Nuno; Jiménez-Guerra, Alvaro; Ortiz-Garcia, Ivan; Moreno-Muñoz, Jesús; Núñez-Márquez, Enrique; Rondón-Romero, José Luis; Ayuso-Montero, Raul; López-López, José; Monsalve-Guil, Loreto
- Abstract
Background: This study aims to show the clinical outcomes of implants supporting mandibular overdentures in edentulous patients. Methods: Mandibular edentulous patients were diagnosed with an oral examination, panoramic radiograph, and diagnostic casts for intermaxillary relations and treated with overdentures over two implants. After two-stage surgery, implants were early loaded with an overdenture at 6 weeks. Results: Fifty-four patients (28 females and 24 males) were treated with 108 implants. Thirty-two patients (59.2%) had a previous history of periodontitis. Twenty-three patients (46%) were smokers. Forty patients (74.1%) suffered from systemic diseases (i.e., diabetes, cardiovascular diseases). The clinical follow-up of the study was 147.8 ± 10.4 months. The clinical outcomes showed a global success of 94.5% of implants. Fifty-four overdentures were placed in the patients over the implants. The mean marginal bone loss was 1.12 ± 0.34 mm. Nineteen patients (35.2%) showed some kind of mechanical prosthodontic complication. Sixteen implants (14.8%) were associated with peri-implantitis. Conclusions: Based on the clinical results obtained, we can determine that the treatment of elderly edentulous patients with mandibular overdentures through the early loading of two placed implants is a successful implant protocol.
- Subjects
EDENTULOUS mouth; IMMEDIATE loading (Dentistry); OVERLAY dentures; OLDER patients; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases
- Publication
Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2023, Vol 12, Issue 11, p3825
- ISSN
2077-0383
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/jcm12113825