(PEEK) Housing Verses Metallic Housing of Ball and Socket Attachment on Retention of Mandibular Overdenture

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Problem With Dentures

Treatments: Other: Overdenture

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02950662

cebd-cu-2016-10-230

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to compare the clinical effect of PEEK housing vs. metal housing in terms of retention and patient satisfaction

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Patient should be free from any systemic disease that may interfere with dental implants placement and/or osseointegration e.g. uncontrolled diabetes, hypertension, blood diseases, bone diseases, smoking.etc.
2. Patients have completely edentulous upper and lower arches.
3. Patients have healthy mucosa free from any ulceration, inflammation or infections.
4. All patients are free from neuromuscular and temporomandibular joint disorders.
5. Selected patients have normal maxillo-mandibular relationship (Angle class I ridge classification) with adequate inter-arch space and normal tongue size.

Exclusion criteria

1. Patients with limited manual dexterity.
2. Patients with Xerostomia, excessive salivation or pathological mucosal changes (e.g. Lichen planus, Leukoplakia...etc.)
3. Pregnant females.
4. Un co-operative patients.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Metal housing

Active Comparator group

Description:

metal housing of ball and socket attachment the intervention will be overdenture

Treatment:

Other: Overdenture

Peek housing

Active Comparator group

Description:

Peek housing of ball and socket attachment the intervention will be overdenture

Treatment:

Other: Overdenture