Different Attachment Systems in Mandibular Single Implant Overdenture

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Patient Satisfaction; Edentulous Mandible

Treatments: Other: locator attachment; Other: ball and socket attachment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07120256

single implant overdenture

Details and patient eligibility

About

to compare locator attachment to ball attachment in retaining mandibular single implant overdenture in terms of patient satisfaction and retention

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 55+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Completely edentulous patient
2. Patients having enough bone for an implant length of at least 10 mm
3. Sufficient inter-arch space to accommodate the denture & the attachment
4. No apparent Skeletal mal-relation
5. No intraoral soft and hard tissue pathology
6. No systemic condition that contraindicate implant placement

Exclusion criteria

1. Drug or alcohol abuse
2. Smokers
3. A health condition precluding surgery,
4. Logistic or physical reasons that could affect follow-up,
5. Psychiatric problems
6. Medically compromised patients & those with neuromascular disorders
7. Disorders to the implant area related to a history of radiation therapy to the head and neck, neoplasia, or bone augmentation to the implant site.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

ball and socket attachment

Active Comparator group

Description:

mandibular single implant overdenture retained by ball and socket attachment

Treatment:

Other: ball and socket attachment

locator attachment

Experimental group

Description:

mandibular single implant overdenture retained by locator attachment

Treatment:

Other: locator attachment