title: The role of abutment-attachment selection in resolving inadequate interarch distance: a clinical report.
abstract: A critical factor that needs to be evaluated during the diagnosis and treatment planning phase for patients seeking an implant-tissue-supported overdenture or metal-resin implant fixed denture is the presence of adequate interarch distance. The amount of interarch distance is critical to the selection of appropriate implant abutments and attachments for both implant-tissue-supported overdentures and metal-resin implant fixed complete dentures. This clinical report describes a patient with complications related to the failure to diagnose inadequate interarch distance, and the methods used to resolve the patient's chief complaint. A guide for abutment-attachment selection using one commercially available implant system is given.
authors.affiliation: Prosthodontics Department, Military Dental Services, Royal Army of Oman, Sultanate of Oman.
authors.forename: Abdullah S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Alsiyabi
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Felton
authors.forename: Lyndon F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Cooper
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001641:Bicuspid; D000044:Dental Abutments; D003724:Dental Arch / Q000473:pathology; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D003834:Denture Precision Attachment; D003781:Denture Retention / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003826:Denture, Complete, Lower; D003828:Denture, Overlay; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008310:Malocclusion; D008437:Maxilla; D014093:Tooth, Artificial; D014716:Vertical Dimension