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[Serious periodontal destruction in the elderly. Intensive treatment or an overdenture prosthesis?]
C de Baat1, J F van Elswijk, W Kalk
1Sector Orale Functieleer, Katholieke Universiteit te Nijmegen, postbus 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen.
Nederlands Tijdschrift Voor Tandheelkunde
|April 2, 2002
Abstract:
A minority of dentate elderly people have advanced periodontal disease. Is both non-surgical and surgical periodontal treatment or overdenture treatment the therapy of choice? Research data comparing these treatments, from patients' or professionals' point of view, are as yet not available. Concerning efficacy and cost-effectiveness, overdenture treatment appears to be superior to periodontal treatment.