Bone grafts and implants in the treatment of the severely resorbed maxillae: a 3-year follow-up of the prosthetic restoration.
Thirty patients with severely resorbed maxillae were treated in a one-stage procedure using bone graft and implant placement. A horseshoe-shaped bone graft was taken from the iliac wing and fixed to the residual maxillary ridge using titanium implants, which supported the prostheses placed after a 6-month healing period. The material constituted two groups: a development group, the first 10 patients; and a routine group, the following 20 patients. At the 3-year follow-up, the implant survival was 87.5% and the prosthesis stability was 100% in the routine group. The probing depth did not change during the follow-up period, while the grafted region decreased in volume during the first postoperative year. The patients reported improved chewing ability and improved life quality. Very few technical and prosthodontic complications occurred.
Gunne
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Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, Faculty of Odontology, University of Umea, Sweden.
Nyström
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Kahnberg
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016301:Alveolar Bone Loss / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000540:Alveolar Ridge Augmentation / Q000379:methods*; D016723:Bone Remodeling; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D015921:Dental Implants; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008439:Maxillary Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D015921:Dental Implants