Comparing Masticatory Performance of Maxillary Mini Dental Implant Overdentures, Complete Removable Dentures and Dentate Subjects.

Luc Van DoorneBen De BackerCarine MatthysHugo de BruynStefan Vandeweghe

Published in: Journal of clinical medicine (2021)

Comparable results in objective masticatory performance were registered in dentate 20+ and 50+ subjects with a remarkable inferior outcome for the CRD and MDI group. Compared to CRD, MDI overdentures revealed no substantial improvement in subjective and objective masticatory performance. However, for MDI a significant increase in OHRQL was apparent.

Keyphrases

single cell
oral health
soft tissue
diffusion weighted imaging
computed tomography
physical activity
magnetic resonance
cone beam computed tomography