[Long term results of overdentures supported by one-stage ITI-implants].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the long-term outcome of overdenture treatment in edentulous patients who received dental implants and an overdenture in the mandible.


METHODS
The patients, endentulous in upper and lower jaw, were treated with 218 one face ITI implants, inserted in the interforaminal part of the mandible and evaluated during the first 80 months after insertion of the implants.


METHODS
The patients were asked to fill out a questionnaire concerning denture satisfaction and social comfort. The medical files were used for evaluating the aftercare.


RESULTS
7 implants were lost during the period of 80 months. A minimum of surgical and prosthetic aftercare was necessary to maintain the implants and overdentures. The patient satisfaction of the dentures was high, as well as the social comfort, and there was no significant difference between the results after 19 and 80 months. Complaints about the upper dentures were hardly present.


CONCLUSIONS
Implants inserted in the interforaminal part of the mandible are successful. Oral and social comfort is high and less aftercare is necessary, when a strict recall protocol is taken into account.
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Afdelingen Mondziekten/Kaakchirurgie en Bijzondere Tandheelkunde/Maxillofaciale Prothetiek van het Ignatiusziekenhuis te Breda.
van Waas
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Vermeeren
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D015921:Dental Implants; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported / Q000592:standards*; D003828:Denture, Overlay / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007575:Jaw, Edentulous / Q000628:therapy*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D015921:Dental Implants
Langetermijnresultaten van overkappingsprothesen op één-fase ITI-implantaten.