Chewing efficiency and electromyographic activity of masseter muscle with three designs of implant‐supported mandibular overdentures. A cross‐over study

Abstract

Four-implant-supported overdentures seem to present a functional advantage vs. two-implant-supported overdentures, independent of the chosen attachment system.

Functional benefits of implants placed during ablative surgery: A 5‐year prospective study on the prosthodontic rehabilitation of 56 edentulous oral cancer patients

“…Edentulous oral cancer patients who received an IOD had a significantly higher bite force than those receiving a conventional denture, which was comparable to having no functional dentures at all. This effect seems to be in concordance with studies in healthy edentulous patients, which show that bite force is higher in patients with an IOD, and significantly increases when patients with a conventional denture receive an IOD . This effect is explained by the increase in retention of the lower denture because of implant attachment, allowing the patient to exert larger bite forces before their lower dentures become loose.…”

Chewing efficiency and maximum bite force with different attachment systems of implant overdentures: a crossover study

“…To evaluate the chewing reproducibility, the participants were informed to attend on a different day to repeat the experiments (Elsyad et al. ).…”

Early and Immediate Loading Protocols for Overdentures in Completely Edentulous Maxillas: A Comprehensive Review of Clinical Trials

“…This improvement is comparable to what has been reported with the conventional loading protocol using overdentures with different retention/support systems. 47,48 Although these findings are encouraging, it would be interesting to investigate the chewing ability during the first few months of implant loading, when both the hard and soft tissues are healing/ remodeling, the implant stability is challenged, and the patient is adjusting to the new denture and retention/support system.…”