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Periodontal Conditions Following Treatment With Distally Extending Cantilever Bridges or Removable Partial Dentures in Elderly Patients. A 5‐Year Study
Author(s) -
Isidor Flemming,
BudtzJørgensen Ejvind
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of periodontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.036
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1943-3670
pISSN - 0022-3492
DOI - 10.1902/jop.1990.61.1.21
Subject(s) - dentures , medicine , dentistry , maxilla , dental alveolus , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , orthodontics , radiography , clinical attachment loss , cantilever , periodontitis , surgery , materials science , botany , biology , genus , composite material
T he aim of the present study was to evaluate the periodontal conditions following treatment with distally extending cantilever bridges or removable partial dentures (RPDs) in elderly patients. All participants had a complete denture in the maxilla and moderateto‐advanced bone loss around the teeth present in the mandible. After undergoing periodontal treatment, 27 patients were treated with distally extending cantilever bridges and 25 patients with a RPD. During the first 2 years following prosthetic treatment, the patients were recalled twice a year and during the last 3 years once a year for oral prophylaxis and assessment of the periodontal status. The patients treated with a RPD showed higher mean Plaque and Gingival Indexes than the patients treated with cantilever bridges. No change in probing pocket depths was observed in either group, and only a small decrease in radiographic alveolar bone height was revealed. In conclusion, only minor changes in the periodontal conditions were recorded during the 5 years of observation after treatment with cantilever bridges or RPDs. J Periodontol 1990;61:21–26 .