作者
Fabrizio Di Francesco, Gennaro De Marco, Estefani B Capcha, Alessandro Lanza, Corina M Cristache, Rolando Vernal, Emilio A Cafferata
发表日期
2021/12
来源
BMC Oral Health
卷号
21
页码范围
1-14
出版商
BioMed Central
简介
Background
Implant-supported overdentures offer enhanced mechanical properties, which lead to better patient satisfaction and survival rates than conventional dentures. However, it is unclear whether these satisfaction levels and survival rates depend on the number of implants supporting the overdenture. Therefore, this systematic review aimed to compare maxillary overdentures supported by four or six splinted implants in terms of patient satisfaction, implant survival, overdenture survival, and prosthodontic complications.
Methods
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), MEDLINE (PubMed), and EMBASE databases were systematically searched and complemented by hand searching from 2000 to 2019, employing a combination of specific keywords. Studies comparing the use of four versus six implants for supporting …
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