title: The incomprehensible success of the implant stabilised overdenture in the edentulous mandible: a literature review on transfer of chewing forces to bone surrounding implants.
abstract: The approach of implant stabilised overdentures has become one of the routine treatment modalities for compromised edentulous ridges. The purpose of this literature review is to analyze survival rates of loaded implants, occlusal forces and stress distributions of implant stabilised overdentures in edentulous mandibles and of fixed loaded implants at least over a medium-term period. which is comparable with fixed prostheses. Patients with implant stabilised overdentures and with fixed bridges on implants generate similar occlusal forces. The number of implants under a prosthetic construction seems to have less influence on stress distribution than design of the superstructure and related direction of forces.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery and Maxillofacial Prosthetics, University Hospital Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Y L
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Chao
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Meijer
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Van Oort
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Versteegh
mesh_terms: D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000502:physiology; D001732:Bite Force; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous; D015921:Dental Implants; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D003799:Dental Stress Analysis; D003828:Denture, Overlay; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008409:Mastication; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011475:Prosthesis Failure
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants