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- Title
Assessment of life quality of a patient with ectodermal dysplasia rehabilitated with osseointegrated implants: Five years clinical and radiographic follow-up.
- Authors
FERNANDES, Karina Leite Baía; DUARTE, Luis Rogério; FRANCISCHONE, Carlos Eduardo; MAIOR, Bruno Sotto
- Abstract
Ectodermal dysplasia is a genetic disorder associated with dental anomalies that severely affect function, aesthetics and quality of life. Patients with ectodermal dysplasia often have complete or partial anodontia, which affects normal jaw development. Dental implants have increasingly been used for the rehabilitation of these patients because their disease severity reduces treatment options. This report describes the pre- and postoperative quality of life of a 55-year old woman with ectodermal dysplasia that presented with hypodontia and severe atrophy of the jaws. She was treated with dental implants for immediate functional loading using the Novum® protocol for the mandible and the All-on-4® hybrid technique in the maxilla, together with zygomatic implants and 3 conventional implants. The patient was followed up for 5 years.
- Subjects
ECTODERMAL dysplasia; QUALITY of life; MEDICAL rehabilitation; OSSEOINTEGRATED dental implants; MEDICAL radiography; FOLLOW-up studies (Medicine); GENETIC disorders
- Publication
Dental Press Implantology, 2012, Vol 6, Issue 3, p44
- ISSN
2237-650X
- Publication type
Article