Is oral health‐related quality of life stable following rehabilitation with mandibular two‐implant overdentures?

Abstract

The effect of mandibular two-IODs on OHRQoL is stable over a 2-year period. The large magnitude of effect of this treatment supports its clinical significance.

The course of prosthodontic patients’ oral health-related quality of life over a period of 2 years

“…The treatment with new CD in the maxilla only or in both jaws significantly reduced the OHIP-EDENT scores over the complete study period of 24 months, with the lowest values at the last follow-up visit. 26 Another study observed no change in the OHIP-20 scores between 12 and 24 months after treatment with CD, 28 indicating a stable level of OHRQoL impairment. In the present study, the OHIP scores slightly increased in the CD group from the 12-month follow-up to the 24-month followup, a fact that appears to be in contrast to the findings mentioned above.…”

“…21,22 For prosthodontics, however, most of the studies reported only short-term effects of improved OHRQoL directly after or a few weeks subsequent to treatment. [22][23][24] Studies with longer follow-up periods are rare and mainly limited to specific treatment options such as a 12-month study on double crownretained removable partial dentures, 25 three 24-month studies on conventional and implant-supported complete dentures, [26][27][28] and a 5-year study on different treatment option for patients with shortened dental arches. 29 Only one study identified reported OHRQoL after the full range of conventional, i.e., without implants, prosthodontic treatments.…”

“…The magnitude of this effect is not clear, however, the recent increase in the number of publications focusing on the long-term effects of prosthodontic interventions on patients' perceptions implies a steadily increasing interest regarding this information. [26][27][28][29]31 Therefore, the aim of this study was to describe OHRQoL following prosthodontic treatments over a period of two years in patients treated with fixed, removable, and complete dentures.…”

Occlusal rehabilitation in patients with congenitally missing teeth—dental implants, conventional prosthetics, tooth autotransplants, and preservation of deciduous teeth—a systematic review

“…In summary, the retrieved studies showed that patients with hypodontia are less disabled than expected, as demonstrated by the moderate OHIP and CPQ scores. For example, according to a study in edentulous wearers of full dentures before implant stabilization, the baseline OHIP score was much higher (54.2) [36], compared to a mean baseline score in the studies included here of 27.8. This observation may be explained by the adaptation of the juvenile hypodontia patients to the situation from early childhood.…”

Prevention of distal extension cantilever fracture in mandibular overdentures

“…13 These improvements were found to be stable over time. 14 Randomized, within-subject, crossover trials on mandibular two-implant-supported prostheses indicated similar patient satisfaction with either a mandibular long-bar implant overdenture or even a fixed fulldental prosthesis. 15,16 Therefore, a two-implant supported overdenture is considered 'the standard of care' for edentulous lower jaws 5,17 , except for individuals who consider a removable denture as a foreign body.…”