The 2-implant maxillary overdenture: a clinical report.
Maxillary implant overdentures present a number of different challenges in comparison to the established and predictable benefits of mandibular implant overdentures. This report highlights the lack of evidence and conflicting findings in the maxillary implant overdenture literature and presents a clinical treatment of a 2-implant and subsequently 1-implant maxillary overdenture with reduced palatal coverage.
Associate Professor, School of Dentistry, The University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; Private practice, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. Electronic address: james.dudley@adelaide.edu.au.
James
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Dudley
D000328:Adult; D002858:Chromium Alloys / Q000737:chemistry; D015921:Dental Implants; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D019232:Dental Restoration Failure; D003819:Denture Bases; D003779:Denture Design; D003781:Denture Retention; D003827:Denture, Complete, Upper; D003828:Denture, Overlay; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla / Q000601:surgery*; D016348:Osseointegration / Q000502:physiology
D002858:Chromium Alloys; D015921:Dental Implants