[Analysis of patient's satisfaction with the mandibular implant-borne overdentures].
OBJECTIVE
To compare the subjective attitudes of fully edentulous patients in mandible toward the implant-borne overdentures and toward the previous complete dentures.


METHODS
16 fully edentulous patients in mandible were consecutively included in this study and the attitudes toward the implant-borne overdentures and the previous complete dentures were surveyed through questionnaires at the first visit and after the implant prosthesis.


RESULTS
There exists significant difference regarding to the comfort, function and fixedness between implant-borne overdentures and the previous complete denture.


CONCLUSIONS
It was revealed that mandibular bar-clip retention implant-borne overdentures can highly fulfill patient's demands.
Zhang
Er-ping
EP
Department of Oral Implant, Qin Du Oral Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Shanxi Xi'an 710032, China.
Li
De-hua
DH
Song
Ying-liang
YL
Jiang
Hui-juan
HJ
Liu
Bao-lin
BL
D000368:Aged; D015921:Dental Implants; D003828:Denture, Overlay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible; D008875:Middle Aged; D017060:Patient Satisfaction
D015921:Dental Implants