The better form of ridge will provide using wider implants that can have better abilities to with stand forces and to prevent alveolar bone loss as much as possible. Ridge expansion gained some popularity due to easiness compared to any other procedure that can gain bone. However, this treatment modality needs to be evaluated as compared to Mini Dental Implants (MDIs) over denture in thin mandibular ridge. In mandibular edentulous patients having thin ridge, does the mini implant supported over denture, compared to the conventional implant supported over denture after bone expansion affect bone height around implants?
PICO P: Completely edentulous Patients. I: Mandibular overdenture supported by mini dental implant. C: Mandibular overdenture supported by conventional implant diameter after bone expansion. O: outcomes as follows: Primary Outcome: Patient satisfaction, Questionnaire Visual analog scale (VAS), Measuring unit: Mm. (Geckili et al. Secondary Outcome: Bone height change, Measuring device: DIGORA® X ray, Measuring unit: Mm.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
36
titanium mini dental implant which diameter less than 3 mm
patients satisfaction
Visual analogue scale: a scale from 0-10 where 0 represents unsatisfied and 10 represents highly satisfied.
Time frame: after six months of over denture insertion
Bone height change
measure the amount of bone height change in (millimetres) of all implant placed by DIGORA® X ray and Calliper device.
Time frame: baseline (T0) initial bone height (millimetres), after six months usage of over denture(T1) bone height (millimetres), then after twelve-months usage of over denture(T2) bone height. 1st period (T1-T0) after 6 months 2nd period (T2-T1) after 12 months
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