| Autor: |
Velasco-Ortega E; Comprehensive Dentistry for Adults and Gerodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Seville, 41004 Sevilla, Spain., Matos-Garrido N; Comprehensive Dentistry for Adults and Gerodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Seville, 41004 Sevilla, Spain., Jiménez-Guerra A; Comprehensive Dentistry for Adults and Gerodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Seville, 41004 Sevilla, Spain., Ortiz-Garcia I; Comprehensive Dentistry for Adults and Gerodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Seville, 41004 Sevilla, Spain., Moreno-Muñoz J; Comprehensive Dentistry for Adults and Gerodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Seville, 41004 Sevilla, Spain., Núñez-Márquez E; Comprehensive Dentistry for Adults and Gerodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Seville, 41004 Sevilla, Spain., Rondón-Romero JL; Comprehensive Dentistry for Adults and Gerodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Seville, 41004 Sevilla, Spain., Ayuso-Montero R; Department of Odontostomatology, Prosthodontics, Occlusion and Oral Rehabilitation Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Barcelona, 08907 Barcelona, Spain., López-López J; Department of Odontostomatology, Oral Medicine Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Barcelona, 08907 Barcelona, Spain.; Service of the Medical-Surgical Area of Dentistry Hospital, University of Barcelona, 08907 Barcelona, Spain., Monsalve-Guil L; Comprehensive Dentistry for Adults and Gerodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Seville, 41004 Sevilla, Spain. |
| Abstrakt: |
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. |
