Functional restoration of implants on the day of surgical placement in the fully edentulous mandible: a case series.

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to report the clinical experience and outcome of a study of the functional rehabilitation of 16 completely edentulous mandibles with immediately loaded cross-arch screw-retained hybrid prostheses at the University of Southern California.

Materials And Methods: After signing informed consent forms 16 patients (9 male, 7 female) aged 47 to 84 years (mean age, 62.6+/-11.