Comparison of the level of the bone crest in total edentulous patients rehabilitated with mandibular implants and removable prostheses.

• Autor(a) principal: Dias, Eduardo
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Implantology and Health Sciences
• Texto Completo: https://bjihs.emnuvens.com.br/bjihs/article/view/51
• topic: Implantes mandibulares; Desdentado Total; Nível da crista óssea; Mandibular implants; Total toothless; Bone crest level

Objective: An investigation was carried out with the objective of determining the bone tissue reabsorption pattern of implants rehabilitated with acrylic crowns that act as pillars of a removable partial prosthesis with extracoronary retainers. Materials and methods: To measure this effect, a device was designed to standardize the recording of bone level by means of a retroalveolar radiography with a parallelism technique, considering that this procedure allows observing a great amount of details, offering a high definition image, with minimal distortion and low cost. and minimal risk of radiation. Results: indicate that, in an interval of six months measured after rehabilitation at 24 and 30 months, respectively, bone resorption is observed, which on average reaches 0.12 mm, this difference being statistically significant between the two recording times. Conclusion: The resorption patterns of our research are similar to those that occur with other forms of bone implant rehabilitation.