Overdenture: effective solution in the rehabilitation of the elderly. Case presentation

<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><strong>Introduction:</strong> Aging is a universal and irreversible phenomenon, involving morphological and functional changes in the oral cavity...

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Main Author: Josefina Fajardo Puig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana 2016-11-01
Series:Revista Habanera de Ciencias Médicas
Online Access:http://www.revhabanera.sld.cu/index.php/rhab/article/view/1265
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description <p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><strong>Introduction:</strong> Aging is a universal and irreversible phenomenon, involving morphological and functional changes in the oral cavity with age. The fully edentulous elderly have progressive reabsorption of their residual ridges, leading to loss of retention and stability of their prostheses.<br /> <strong>Objective:</strong> To present a case where rehabilitated ball implants, with a removable overdenture placed.<br /> <strong>Case presentation:</strong> A female patient of 61 years old attended in the Prosthetics Implantology multidisciplinary consult of the Educational Clinic of Marianao municipality, with lower full denture prosthesis with lack of retention and stability, which had changed repeatedly unable to solve her need. Also it has marked residual alveolar ridge reabsorption. After a comprehensive evaluation and with the consent of the patient, we proceed to the placement of two OVD ball implants in 33 and 43 zone by flap surgery, being restored with a removable overdenture in the same work session.<br /> <strong>Conclusions:</strong> This prosthetic rehabilitation allowed satisfying the chewing function, correct phonation and an appropriate facial aesthetic, all necessary for the quality of life of the elderly.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><strong> </strong></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><strong>Keywords:</strong> Aging, elderly, overdenture, implants, rehabilitation.</span></p>
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spelling doaj.art-98fcf6199f974ffba15503a6919ae8ca2022-12-22T01:04:34ZengUniversidad de Ciencias Médicas de La HabanaRevista Habanera de Ciencias Médicas1729-519X2016-11-01155759768627Overdenture: effective solution in the rehabilitation of the elderly. Case presentationJosefina Fajardo Puig0Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana Facultad de Ciencias Médicas “Finlay-Albarrán”<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><strong>Introduction:</strong> Aging is a universal and irreversible phenomenon, involving morphological and functional changes in the oral cavity with age. The fully edentulous elderly have progressive reabsorption of their residual ridges, leading to loss of retention and stability of their prostheses.<br /> <strong>Objective:</strong> To present a case where rehabilitated ball implants, with a removable overdenture placed.<br /> <strong>Case presentation:</strong> A female patient of 61 years old attended in the Prosthetics Implantology multidisciplinary consult of the Educational Clinic of Marianao municipality, with lower full denture prosthesis with lack of retention and stability, which had changed repeatedly unable to solve her need. Also it has marked residual alveolar ridge reabsorption. After a comprehensive evaluation and with the consent of the patient, we proceed to the placement of two OVD ball implants in 33 and 43 zone by flap surgery, being restored with a removable overdenture in the same work session.<br /> <strong>Conclusions:</strong> This prosthetic rehabilitation allowed satisfying the chewing function, correct phonation and an appropriate facial aesthetic, all necessary for the quality of life of the elderly.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><strong> </strong></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><strong>Keywords:</strong> Aging, elderly, overdenture, implants, rehabilitation.</span></p>http://www.revhabanera.sld.cu/index.php/rhab/article/view/1265
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Overdenture: effective solution in the rehabilitation of the elderly. Case presentation
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title_short Overdenture: effective solution in the rehabilitation of the elderly. Case presentation
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