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Pradusha Revuru1, Suresh Sajjan Mc2
1Postgraduate student, Department of Prosthodontics and Implantology, Vishnu Dental College, NTR University of Health Sciences, Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Statement Of Problem:
A prolonged period of high magnitude occlusal contact can be associated with rapid changes of the occlusal surfaces and, in turn, may lead to overloading of an implant-supported prosthesis. Crestal bone loss may be one of the repercussions of overloading, but the influence of disclusion time (DT) reduction (DTR) is unclear.
Purpose:
The purpose of this clinical study was to evaluate the role of DTR in preventing the occlusal changes and crestal bone loss at progressive time intervals of 1 week, 3 months, and 6 months in posterior implant-supported prostheses.
Material And Methods:
Twelve participants with posterior implant-supported prostheses and opposing natural teeth were enrolled in the study. Occlusion time (OT) and DT were evaluated with the T-scan Novus (version 9.1). By performing immediate complete anterior guidance development (ICAGD) coronoplasty, prolonged contacts were selectively ground to achieve OT ≤0.2 seconds and DT ≤0.4 seconds in maximum intercuspal position and laterotrusion after cementation and during follow-up visits after 1 week, 3 months, and 6 months. Crestal bone levels were evaluated after cementation and at the 6-month follow-up. Repeated measures ANOVA and Bonferroni post hoc analysis were done for OT and DT. Student paired t test was done for crestal bone level evaluation (α=.05 for all tests).
Results:
A significant decrease in OT from 0.59 ±0.24 seconds to 0.21 ±0.06 seconds (P<.001) and in DT from 1.51 ±0.6 seconds to 0.37 ±0.06 seconds (P<.001) were detected in posterior implant-supported occlusion immediately after attaining ICAGD and at the 6-month follow-up period. The mean crestal bone levels at the mesial and distal sides of the implant from day 1 (0.4 ±0.13 mm, 0.36 ±0.20 mm) to 6 months (0.40 ±0.13 mm, 0.37 ±0.19 mm) showed no significant changes (P>.05).
Conclusions:
Minimal occlusal changes in implant prosthesis and negligible crestal bone loss were observed up to 6 months by achieving DTR according to the ICAGD protocol.
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