title: [Analysis of patient's satisfaction with the mandibular implant-borne overdentures].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Implant, Qin Du Oral Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Shanxi Xi'an 710032, China.
authors.forename: Er-ping
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: De-hua
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Ying-liang
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Hui-juan
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Bao-lin
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015921:Dental Implants; D003828:Denture, Overlay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible; D008875:Middle Aged; D017060:Patient Satisfaction
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants