Patient satisfaction versus retention of implant overdentures with two attachment systems: A randomized trial.

Background: Clinical success with mandibular implant overdentures is highly dependent on a reliable attachment system connecting prosthesis and implants.

Purpose: To compare the levels of retention and patient-based outcomes on implant overdentures retained/supported by cylindrical (LA) and ball (RA) attachment systems overtime and investigate their relationship.

Materials And Methods: Attachment retention (Newtons), and patient satisfaction with the treatment, prosthesis stability, and ability to chew (VAS, 100 mm) were assessed in a crossover trial for both attachment systems at baseline, 1 week, 3, 6, and 12 months and compared to preintervention values.

Assessment of the oral health knowledge of healthcare providers in geriatric nursing homes: additional training needs required.

Objectives: This study was aimed at assessing the knowledge of oral health and training needs of health workers in geriatric nursing homes.

Background: Providing daily oral care to dependent elderly people is the best way to prevent oral disorders. Because there are no dental hygienists in France, health workers play an important role in providing oral care in nursing homes and should have correct and adequate knowledge.

Effect of implant angulation on attachment retention in mandibular two-implant overdentures: a clinical study.

Purpose: Attachment wear can affect the performance of mandibular two-implant overdentures (IODs). This prospective clinical study aimed to investigate the effect of interimplant angulation on the retention achieved by two attachment systems at different time points within 1 year of wearing IODs.

Materials And Methods: Twenty-four patients (mean age = 73.

Intraoral electrostimulator for xerostomia relief: a long-term, multicenter, open-label, uncontrolled, clinical trial.

Objective: A previous sham-controlled multinational study demonstrated the short-term efficacy and safety for xerostomia treatment of an intraoral device that delivers electrostimulation to the lingual nerve. The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that those beneficial effects would be sustained over an 11-month period.

Study Design: The device was tested on a mixed sample of 94 patients with xerostomia in an open-label, uncontrolled, prospective multicenter trial.

Wear of matrix overdenture attachments after one to eight years of clinical use.

Statement Of Problem: Matrices of unsplinted attachment systems are generally reported to be the weak component of implant overdentures, often requiring frequent maintenance. Clinical wear results in reduced retention of the prosthesis, requiring activation or renewal of the matrix to restore the initial level of retention.

Purpose: The purpose of this retrospective study was to measure the wear of the matrix of a ball attachment after various periods of clinical wear.

Nutritional status, dietary intake and oral quality of life in elderly complete denture wearers.

Background And Objective: The prevalence of malnutrition increases with age because of many factors. Edentulousness leads to the avoidance of many types of foods. The aim of this study was to determine whether elderly complete denture wearers have a higher risk of malnutrition than dentate controls.

Clinical wear of overdenture ball attachments after 1, 3 and 8 years.

Objectives: Implant-supported overdentures have become the treatment of choice in restoring complete edentulism, but the types of attachment to assure durable retention are a subject of debate. Ball attachments were reported as a simple treatment, but wear of components was responsible for a decrease in retention. The aim of this retrospective study was to measure the wear of the ball abutment or patrix after three different periods of clinical wear.

Wear of ball attachments after 1 to 8 years of clinical use: a qualitative analysis.

The purpose of this study was to analyze and compare scanning electron microscopy (SEM) observations of ball attachments that had been worn by patients during three periods of clinical use. One hundred forty-four specimens of ball anchor attachments (gold alloy matrix and titanium patrix) were studied by SEM after periods of approximately 1, 3.5, and 8 years of clinical use.

A six-month assessment of oral health-related quality of life of complete denture wearers using denture adhesive: a pilot study.

Purpose: Edentulism and conventional complete denture treatment have been shown to have a negative impact on oral health quality of life (OHQoL). The use of an adhesive agent can provide an alternative to implant-supported prostheses. The objective of this study was to show that new complete dentures using a denture adhesive (DA) improve oral health-related quality of life.

Interest of 50% nitrous oxide and oxygen premix sedation in gerodontology.

Elderly patients presenting cardiovascular, respiratory, or neurological disorders require a specific dental care approach, especially patients presenting Alzheimer's disease. Sedative procedures can prevent dental care-induced stress, even when there is effective pain control, but they have to be adapted to accommodate age-induced physiological modifications, age-related pathologies, and the concomitant treatments. In many situations, routine sedative prescriptions for dental care, such as benzodiazepine or antihistaminics, are not recommended for these patients.

Needs in screening cardiovascular parameters during dental care in the elderly.

Aims: The aim of this study was to compare physiological reactivity during oral care between elderly and young subjects.

Materials And Methods: Heart rate (HR), systolic and diastolic blood pressure (SBP and DBP) and blood oxygen saturation (SPO2) were recorded seven times during two consecutive dental impression sessions in 31 complete denture wearers (aged 60.7+/-11.