Removable Partial Dentures Made of PEEK (KLAP)

University Hospital Heidelberg

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Tooth Loss

Treatments: Device: Removable Partial Denture

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06191107

DMA-ID 15379

Details and patient eligibility

About

As part of the clinical study, 25 patients each were provided with removable partial dentures with clasps made of PEEK in two centres (University Hospital Heidelberg, Department of Prosthodontics and University Hospital for Dental Prosthetics Innsbruck). The patients were examined over a period of 3 years for the number and type of technical or biological complications and questioned about their oral health-related quality of life.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Indication for a clasp-anchored removable partial denture

Exclusion criteria

• Minors and adults unable to give consent
• Pregnancy or breastfeeding
• Severe general illnesses
• Allergies or other intolerances to one of the materials used (PEEK, PMMA)
• Suspicion of lack of compliance

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 1 patient group

PEEK-RPDs

Experimental group

Description:

Participants with removable partial dentures made of PEEK

Treatment:

Device: Removable Partial Denture