[Clinical application of precision attachment prosthesis].
OBJECTIVE
In this study, clinical effects of three precision attachment prostheses were evaluated.


METHODS
16 DUOLOCK attachments 15 ANKER SYSTEM attachments and 8 MK 1 attachments were applied to restore 22 dentition defect cases, which consisted of 17 Kenny I defects, 3 Kenny II defects, 2 Kenny III defects. The clinical effects of three precision attachment prostheses were analyzed.


RESULTS
22 patients with precision attachment prostheses were followed up for 6 to 19 months. More than 86% patients felt comfortable, adaptive, aesthetics and fine retention. The rechecking results of 91 abutments displayed that all abutments were healthy without percussion pain, looseness, and disease of root tip and absorption of alveolar bone. The congestion and edema in gingival edge of 21 abutments were reduced after treatment. The masticatory efficiency measurement of 18 patients restored with precision attachment prostheses showed that the patients masticatory efficiency achieved 86.73% of the same age healthy dentition after 3 months, and 90.57% of the same age healthy dentition after 1 year.


CONCLUSIONS
The three attachment prostheses can achieve satisfactory effect.
Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, Ninth People's Hospital, School of Stomatology, Shanghai Second Medical University, Shanghai 20011, China.
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