Trial reportBMC oral health2026
Evaluation of occlusion and disocclusion time in immediately loaded implant overdentures retained by two splinted versus non-splinted interforaminal implants: A randomized clinical trial.
Trial report in BMC oral health, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06376019 (Evaluation of Occlusion and Disocclusion Time in Immediately Loaded Implant Supported Overdentures Supported by Two Splinted Versus Non Splinted Interforaminal Implants), which is not on this map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Evaluation of Occlusion and Disocclusion Time in Immediately Loaded Implant Supported Overdentures Supported by Two Splinted Versus Non Splinted Interforaminal Implants
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundMandibular complete dentures often lack stability, leading to prolonged occlusion and disocclusion times. Immediate-loading implant overdentures can improve functional control, but evidence comparing splinted and non-splinted two-implant overdentures is limited. This randomized clinical trial aimed to evaluate occlusion and disocclusion times in patients receiving immediately loaded mandibular overdentures retained by two implants, comparing ball attachments and intraoral welded bar attachments, with conventional complete dentures serving as the control group.
methodsThirty-six completely edentulous patients were randomized into three equal groups (n = 12 each): conventional complete dentures (CD), two-implant overdentures retained with ball attachments (IB), and two-implant overdentures retained with an intraoral welded bar (IW). Occlusion (OT) and right and left disocclusion times (DR, DL) were measured using the T-Scan system on the day of implant placement (T1) and after three months (T2). Data were normally distributed; Mixed ANOVA was used to assess the effects of time, treatment, and their interaction. Paired t-tests were additionally used for within-group comparisons. Post hoc Tukey tests were performed for pairwise comparisons, with Bonferroni correction applied for multiple testing. Statistical significance was set at P < 0.05.
resultsAt T1, the CD group exhibited significantly longer occlusion time (OT: 0.52 ± 0.07 s), right disocclusion time (DR: 0.57 ± 0.04 s), and left disocclusion time (DL: 0.58 ± 0.04 s) compared with the IB (OT: 0.35 ± 0.06 s; DR: 0.40 ± 0.04 s; DL: 0.40 ± 0.02 s) and IW (OT: 0.29 ± 0.02 s; DR: 0.36 ± 0.03 s; DL: 0.42 ± 0.01 s) groups (P < 0.001), indicating that implant-supported overdentures achieved more efficient occlusal contacts. No significant differences were observed between IB and IW. At T2, the pattern persisted, with the CD group showing a significant reduction in OT, DR, and DL over time (P < 0.05), reflecting improved OT and DT of CD, whereas both implant overdenture groups maintained stable OT and DT.
conclusionsWithin three months of follow-up, immediately loaded mandibular overdentures retained by two implants showed similar OT and DT for IW and IB, while both groups showed shorter times compared to CD under the tested conditions.
trial registrationThis randomized clinical trial was registered prospectively on Clinical Trials.gov with the Identification number: NCT06376019 on 19/04/2024.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.