Implant-supported maxillary denture retained by a telescopic abutment system: A clinical report.
An implant-supported fixed dental prosthesis is one of the treatment options for an individual with a completely edentulous maxilla. However, a screw-retained or cemented prosthesis can make oral hygiene difficult, especially for patients with a history of periodontal disease or disabilities. Compared with maxillary fixed dental prostheses, implant-supported overdentures offer similar retention and function and facilitate esthetics, phonetics, and hygiene. This report describes the prosthetic rehabilitation of a patient with an edentulous maxilla and a severe maxillomandibular discrepancy that involved the use of a novel prefabricated telescopic system to retain an implant-supported removable dental prosthesis.
Doctoral student, Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: ricardo.morandi@mac.com.
Ricardo
R
Morandi
Private practice, Brasília, Brazil.
Leonardo Moreira
LM
Cabral
Titular Professor, Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
Márcio
M
de Moraes
D001938:Brazil; D000044:Dental Abutments; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous; D015921:Dental Implants; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported / Q000295:instrumentation; D003779:Denture Design; D003781:Denture Retention; D003824:Denture, Complete; D003827:Denture, Complete, Upper; D003828:Denture, Overlay; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D006801:Humans; D007575:Jaw, Edentulous / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009066:Mouth, Edentulous; D009910:Oral Hygiene; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic
D015921:Dental Implants