Open AccessProsthetic Rehabilitation of a Bone Defect with a Teeth-Implant Supported, Removable Partial Denture
Author(s) -
Renato de Freitas,
Osvaldo Bazzan Kaizer,
Marcelo Matida Hamata,
Daniel Romeu Benchimol de Resende,
Rosane de Oliveira Fortes Kaizer
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
implant dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1538-2982
pISSN - 1056-6163
DOI - 10.1097/01.id.0000234643.17874.50
Subject(s) - dentures , medicine , removable partial denture , dentistry , osseointegration , alveolar ridge , rehabilitation , implant , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , prosthesis , orthodontics , dental prosthesis , prosthodontist , dental alveolus , surgery , physical therapy , botany , biology , genus
The use of teeth-implant, mucosa-supported removable dentures for rehabilitation of partially edentulous patients involves highly complex biomechanical aspects. This type of prosthesis associates 3 kinds of support that react differently to the functional and parafunctional forces developed in the oral cavity. Although the construction of removable partial dentures may seem paradoxical when osseointegrated implants are placed, in some cases, this option is an excellent alternative to solve difficulties related to the anatomic, biologic, psychomotor, and financial conditions of the patient. This article reports on a case in which a teeth-implant, mucosa-supported removable partial denture was the option of choice for a patient with financial and anatomic limitations, having a large structural loss of the residual alveolar ridge caused by trauma by a gunshot injury at the mandible. The 5-year follow-up did not reveal any type of biomechanical or functional problem.