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Oral conditions and aptitude to receive implants in patients with removable partial denture: a cross‐sectional study. Part II. Aptitude
Author(s) -
BASSI F.,
SCHIERANO G.,
LORENZETTI M.,
PRETI G.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of oral rehabilitation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.991
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-2842
pISSN - 0305-182X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2842.1996.tb01230.x
Subject(s) - aptitude , medicine , oral hygiene , dentistry , dentures , edentulism , removable partial denture , osseointegration , dental abutments , oral health , psychology , implant , surgery , developmental psychology
summary The aim of this study was to evaluate the possibility of replacing removable partial denture (RPD) with fixed partial dentures on osseointegrated implants in a selective group of patients with partially edentulous lower jaws. Forty patients were evaluated to receive implants. Twenty‐three patients showed a precarious oral hygiene, five patients refused the treatment (being satisfied with their RPD), six refused for economic reasons, three patients refused for fear and scepticism, one for long duration of therapy, and one was not treated because of a very marked atrophy of the alveolar crest. Finally, one patient was treated with implants. For these reasons, at the present time implants are not an appropriate treatment for introduction into large‐scale public health programmes and RPD must still be considered a valid therapeutic procedure.