Rehabilitation of an Extremely Resorbed Edentulous Mandible by Short and Narrow Dental Implants
Joint Authors
Kovacic, Ines
Persic, Sanja
Kranjcic, Josip
Lesic, Nikolina
Celebić, A.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-12-20
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Serious consequences of long-term complete denture wearing may be extreme residual ridge atrophy and a reduced area of keratinized oral mucosa of a denture-bearing area.
This paper presents five clinical cases of extreme mandibular ridge atrophy, rehabilitated by means of mandibular overdentures retained by short mini dental implants.
The patients had a reduced mandibular bone volume in the interforaminal region, bone height less than 10 mm, and buccolingual bone width less than 4 mm.
In order to avoid bone augmentation, patients received four short mini dental implants (MDIs) (6 or 8 mm long; 2.0 or 2.5 mm wide) for the support of mandibular overdentures, which is a new rehabilitation option.
After insertion, the MDIs were early loaded with new mandibular overdentures reinforced with the CoCr framework.
The patients have been wearing their overdentures for 2 years.
One MDI broke during insertion and a new one was added.
One patient lost one MDI but successfully continued to wear the overdenture retained by the remaining three MDIs.
Mean marginal bone loss (MBL) was 0.20 ± 0.19 mm.
Patients significantly improved their OHRQoL and chewing function by reducing the summary scores of the OHIP-14 and the chewing function questionnaires.
The improvements remained unchanged throughout the observation period.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Kovacic, Ines& Persic, Sanja& Kranjcic, Josip& Lesic, Nikolina& Celebić, A.. 2018. Rehabilitation of an Extremely Resorbed Edentulous Mandible by Short and Narrow Dental Implants. Case Reports in Dentistry،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1142483
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Kovacic, Ines…[et al.]. Rehabilitation of an Extremely Resorbed Edentulous Mandible by Short and Narrow Dental Implants. Case Reports in Dentistry No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1142483
American Medical Association (AMA)
Kovacic, Ines& Persic, Sanja& Kranjcic, Josip& Lesic, Nikolina& Celebić, A.. Rehabilitation of an Extremely Resorbed Edentulous Mandible by Short and Narrow Dental Implants. Case Reports in Dentistry. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1142483
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1142483