ArticleActa stomatologica Croatica2022
Adaptation to New Dentures and 5 Years of Clinical Use: A Comparison between Complete Denture and Mini-implant Mandibular Overdenture Patients based on Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) and Orofacial Esthetics.
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- Clinical and radiographic outcomes of mini-implant-retained maxillary and mandibular overdentures: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical oral investigations · 2025Pooled it
- Clinical Outcomes of Three versus Four Mini-Implants Retaining Mandibular Overdenture: A 5-Year Randomized Clinical Trial.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Trial
- Association Between Masticatory Performance and Nutritional Risk in Older Adults Wearing Removable Dentures: A Cross-Sectional Study Using Composite Nutritional Indices.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- The Effect of Oil Pulling on Oral Health-Related Quality of Life: A Pilot Study.Acta stomatologica Croatica · 2026Article
- Validation and psychometric evaluation of the Albanian version of the Oral Health Impact Profile-5 (OHIP-5-ALB) in Kosovo.BMC oral health · 2026Article
- Assessing Esthetic and Functional Benefits of Three Types of Maxillary Partial Denture Designs over Five Years.Dentistry journal · 2025Article
- Psychometric Properties of the Five-Item Ultrashort Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP5) in the Serbian Cultural Environment: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Validation, measurement properties, and minimal clinically important difference of short-version oral health impact profile (OHIP-5) by type of prosthodontic treatment: a prospective cohort study.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- Psychometric Validation of the Macedonian-Language Version of the Ultrashort Five-Item Oral Health Impact Profile in the North Macedonian Population (OHIP5-MAC).Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Analysis of Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in Elderly Romanian Edentulous Patients: Implant-Supported Versus Conventional Complete Dentures.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Orofacial esthetics, chewing function, and oral health-related quality of life in Kennedy class I patients with mini-implant-retained removable partial dentures: A 3-year clinical prospective study.Clinical oral investigations · 2024Article
- Mandibular Overdenture Supported by Two or Four Unsplinted or Two Splinted Ti-Zr Mini-Implants: In Vitro Study of Peri-Implant and Edentulous Area Strains.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- Traumatic Ulceration of the Vestibular Mucous Membrane After Insertion of Four Mini-Implants in the Atrophied Mandible: A Case Report.Case reports in dentistry · 2024Article
- Mini-Implants Retaining Removable Partial Dentures in Subjects without Posterior Teeth: A 5-Year Prospective Study Comparing the Maxilla and the Mandible.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Objective of work: It is unclear how long patients need to adapt to new dentures. This study assessed adaptation and five years of clinical use, comparing complete denture wearers (CDs) and mini-implant mandibular overdenture wearers opposing a maxillary CD (MDI-OD), based on oral health reported quality of life (OHRQoL) and orofacial esthetics (OES). Material and Methods: A total of 36 subjects in the CD group (25 females) and 30 subjects in the MDI group (20 females) completed the 5-year study. All patients received new CDs, but in the MDI-OD group, four mini-implants were inserted interforaminally in the mandible before denture manufacture. Participants filled in the OHIP-EDENT and OES questionnaires one day after dentures' delivery, on the 3 Results and Conclusions: Both groups' adaptation to new dentures was completed within a month. The MDI-OD group had significantly better OHRQoL in all follow-ups except for the 3 Keywords: OHRQoL, OES, prospective study, complete dentures, mini-implants, adaptation. MeSH Terms: Complete Dentures; Dental Implants; Quality of Life; Dental Esthetics.
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