Patient Satisfaction With Different Numbers of Implants

Cairo University48 enrolled

Overview

the goal of this randomized controlled trial aimed to assess patient satisfaction for completely edentulous patients with implant overdenture retained by ball attachment over a single symphyseal , or four interforaminal implants when compared to two interforaminal ones

48 edentulous patients were recruited and randomized to receive either 1,2 or 4 implants for a mandibular overdenture,3 months later implants were uncovered, and ball attachments were torqued, and all overdentures were picked up ,patient satisfaction questionnaires were recorded for all patients 2 weeks after pickup 3 months ,6 months, 9 months and 1year.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Patient Satisfaction

Interventions

implants supported overdenturesOTHER

implant supported and retained with different number of implants retained by ball attachments

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 55 YearsMax age: 75 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion criteria * completely edentulous patients with restorative space of 12-15 mm, * keratinized gingiva of 5 mm Exclusion criteria * Exclusion Criteria: * uncontrolled diabetes * bruxers * smokers

Locations (2)

Doaa Mahmoud Elkady

Cairo, Egypt

Nesma Mohamed Awaad

Cairo, Egypt

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

patient satisfaction for masticatory ability, mental life comfortability with dentures

A translated into Arabic form of patient satisfaction questionnaire to match the language and environmental background of the patients was answered by all subjects, Each response was given a score range from 0 to 4 where zero represents the best result . Questionnaire was divided into three categories questions, the first section was a direct questions to the patient answered by one of some choices, and each choice had a number which will be summed up and giving a score, The second section was a visual answered question; in which patient chose from best to worst on a given scale. The marked point will be translated into a number from zero (the best) to ten (the worst). The third section was a YES/ NO questions, answered shortly by the patient in the terms of yes or No. A translated into Arabic form of patient satisfaction questionnaire to match the language and environmental background of the patients was answered by all subjects

Time frame: one year

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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