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[Analysis of patient's satisfaction with the mandibular implant-borne overdentures]
Er-ping Zhang1, De-hua Li, Ying-liang Song
1Department of Oral Implant, Qin Du Oral Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Shanxi Xi'an 710032, China.
Objective:
To compare the subjective attitudes of fully edentulous patients in mandible toward the implant-borne overdentures and toward the previous complete dentures.
Methods:
16 fully edentulous patients in mandible were consecutively included in this study and the attitudes toward the implant-borne overdentures and the previous complete dentures were surveyed through questionnaires at the first visit and after the implant prosthesis.
Results:
There exists significant difference regarding to the comfort, function and fixedness between implant-borne overdentures and the previous complete denture.
Conclusion:
It was revealed that mandibular bar-clip retention implant-borne overdentures can highly fulfill patient's demands.