The longitudinal clinical effectiveness of osseointegrated dental implants: the Toronto Study. Part II: The prosthetic results.
Forty-six patients who had shown chronic maladaptive behavior in using complete dentures were treated with osseointegrated implant-supported prostheses. Forty patients needed mandibular treatment, three patients needed treatment in the maxillae, and three required treatment in both dental arches. At the most recent data collection (4 to 9 years after surgical placement of the implants), the 49 dental arches remained successfully treated with 44 implant-supported fixed partial dentures and five implant-supported overdentures. The efficacy of the osseointegration technique in maladaptive prosthetic patients is demonstrated in this descriptive study.
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Prosthodontic Department, University of Toronto, Faculty of Dentistry, Ont., Canada.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D000044:Dental Abutments; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015921:Dental Implants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003779:Denture Design; D003828:Denture, Overlay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003830:Denture, Partial, Fixed / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009864:Ontario / Q000453:epidemiology; D014016:Tissue Conditioning, Dental
D015921:Dental Implants