Abstract | OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to describe the rehabilitation of patients diagnosed with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB), with edentulous maxillas and/or mandibles, by using fixed full-arch short-expand prostheses supported by 4 anterior implants. STUDY DESIGN: A retrospective study was carried out to study edentulous patients with RDEB rehabilitated with fixed full-arch prostheses supported by 4 anterior implants. RESULTS: In total, 32 anterior implants were placed and used to support 8 full-arch fixed prostheses; 20 implants were placed in the maxilla by using osteotomes and 12 in the mandible by using conventional drilling. Implant success rate was 100% after an average follow-up of 22.9 (range 12-48) months after prosthetic loading. Patient satisfaction with the implant therapy was very high (mean 9.0) for all the factors assessed. CONCLUSIONS: Fixed full-arch short-expand prostheses supported by 4 anterior implants can be successfully used to rehabilitate patients with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa, considerably improving these patients' quality of life.
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Authors | David Peñarrocha-Oltra, María Peñarrocha-Diago, Jose Balaguer-Martínez, Javier Ata-Ali, Miguel Peñarrocha-Diago |
Journal | Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology, and endodontics
(Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod)
Vol. 112
Issue 2
Pg. e4-10
(Aug 2011)
ISSN: 1528-395X [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 21684776
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Copyright | Copyright © 2011 Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved. |
Chemical References |
- Bone Substitutes
- Dental Implants
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Topics |
- Adult
- Alveolar Ridge Augmentation
(methods)
- Bone Substitutes
(therapeutic use)
- Bone Transplantation
(methods)
- Dental Abutments
- Dental Implantation, Endosseous
(instrumentation, methods)
- Dental Implants
- Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported
- Denture Retention
- Denture, Complete
- Epidermolysis Bullosa Dystrophica
(complications)
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Jaw, Edentulous
(rehabilitation, surgery)
- Male
- Mandible
(surgery)
- Maxilla
(surgery)
- Middle Aged
- Osteotomy
(instrumentation)
- Patient Satisfaction
- Quality of Life
- Radiography, Panoramic
- Retrospective Studies
- Treatment Outcome
- Young Adult
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