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Mandibular Implants in Elderly Patients

U

University of Geneva, Switzerland

Status

Completed

Conditions

Edentulous Complete Denture Wearers

Treatments

Device: Implant placement
Procedure: Conventional reline

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01928004
MDGPA_02
ITI_458_2006 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to investigate denture satisfaction following the conversion of existing mandibular complete dentures to implant-overdentures (IOD) in very old edentulous patients who depend on help for activities of daily living (ADL) and evaluate secondary endpoints such as functional, structural, nutritional, cognitive and patient-centered outcome measures.

Enrollment

45 patients

Sex

All

Ages

75+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • 75 years or older
  • living institutionalized or receiving help for the ADL
  • edentulous
  • wearing complete dentures
  • the lower denture had to cause discomfort to the degree that the patients were seeking treatment

Exclusion criteria

  • severe clinical depression
  • dementia
  • poorly controlled diabetes
  • immunosuppression
  • treatment with bisphosphonates
  • condition precluding the surgical intervention for implant placement

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

45 participants in 2 patient groups

implant placement
Experimental group
Description:
insertion of 2 interforaminal mandibular implants and conversion of the lower complete denture to an implant-overdenture
Treatment:
Device: Implant placement
denture reline
Active Comparator group
Description:
conventional reline of mandibular complete denture
Treatment:
Procedure: Conventional reline

Trial contacts and locations

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