Dental rehabilitation of an elderly patient using an alternative implant-supported mandibular cemented prosthesis: a case report
Turkyilmaz, I.
General Dentistry 57(3): 276-279
2009
ISSN/ISBN: 0363-6771 PMID: 19819819 Document Number: 634891
Some patients are not satisfied with a hybrid prosthesis for esthetic reasons, as it has screw holes and leaves a space between it and the gingiva. This article presents a case in which an implant-supported mandibular cemented prosthesis was fabricated as an alternative to screw-retained hybrid prostheses. A 77-year-old edentulous man was treated with five non-submerged implants in the anterior mandible. Two different prostheses (an implant-supported mandibular cemented prosthesis and a maxillary complete denture) were delivered to the patient one month after surgery. Resonance frequency analysis measurements were performed and marginal bone levels were evaluated at the time of surgery and again after 12, 24, and 36 months. Over this three-year period, no implants were lost and all five showed less than 1 mm of marginal bone loss.