<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Global aging population has brought several challenges for their medical systems and total edentulism is one of them. The fabrication of removable acrylic dentures seems to be a simple and cheap treatment solution, but a majority of patients is not satisfied with their functional instability, causing limited diets, mouth soreness, speech and psycho-social problems etc. The results in many studies indicate an impact of oral conditions associated with the full denture wearing on oral-health related quality of life, especially in lower jaw. The reason for improper denture retention could be alveolar ridge bone resorption and numerous studies about this problem are plausible. Bone resorption in lower jaw may turn the alveolar ridge into a flabby soft tissue which is unable to sustain proper denture retention. </p><p>The implant-retained prosthesis is an alternative treatment option in these situations. Implants will provide retention, stability, function and aesthetics and they are not so expensive solution. The aim of this article is to show solving of retention problems of a lower denture in two different clinical cases using implants and without any special technology.</p></abstract>

Global aging population has brought several challenges for their medical systems and total edentulism is one of them. The fabrication of removable acrylic dentures seems to be a simple and cheap treatment solution, but a majority of patients is not satisfied with their functional instability, causing limited diets, mouth soreness, speech and psycho-social problems etc. The results in many studies indicate an impact of oral conditions associated with the full denture wearing on oral-health related quality of life, especially in lower jaw. The reason for improper denture retention could be alveolar ridge bone resorption and numerous studies about this problem are plausible. Bone resorption in lower jaw may turn the alveolar ridge into a flabby soft tissue which is unable to sustain proper denture retention. The implant-retained prosthesis is an alternative treatment option in these situations. Implants will provide retention, stability, function and aesthetics and they are not so expensive solution. The aim of this article is to show solving of retention problems of a lower denture in two different clinical cases using implants and without any special technology.

Overdentures on Implants for Better Quality of Life Among the Fully Edentulous Patients – Case Reports

Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, R. Macedonia

Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia

PRILOZI

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Global aging population has brought several challenges for their medical systems and total edentulism is one of them. The fabrication of removable acrylic...

Overdentures on Implants for Better Quality of Life Among the Fully Edentulous Patients – Case Reports

Published Online: Dec 30, 2015

Page range: 225 - 234

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/prilozi-2015-0071

Keywords
overdentures, implants, quality of life

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This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Overdentures on Implants for Better Quality of Life Among the Fully Edentulous Patients – Case Reports

Published Online: Dec 30, 2015

Page range: 225 - 234

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/prilozi-2015-0071

Keywordsoverdentures, implants, quality of life

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
overdentures, implants, quality of life