A comparison of the early postoperative care required by patients treated with single and two stage surgical techniques for the provision of Brånemark implant supported mandibular overdentures.
Patients who underwent a single stage surgical procedure to place two Brånemark implants to stabilise complete mandibular overdentures with bar attachments, required no more postoperative follow-up visits before definitive prosthesis construction than patients who had their implants placed at two separate surgical stages. However, the visits of the single stage group, occurred over a shorter time-scale and more attention was required to tighten or replace their healing abutments.
Packer
M E
ME
Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, Guy's, King's and St Thomas' Dental Institute, King's College London, Caldecot Road, London SE5 9RW, UK. mark.e.packer@kcl.ac.uk
Watson
R M
RM
Bryant
C J
CJ
D000368:Aged; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D000044:Dental Abutments; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000379:methods*; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D003828:Denture, Overlay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible; D008875:Middle Aged; D009819:Office Visits / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011182:Postoperative Care