Implant-Retained Removable Partial Dentures. An alternative therapy in elderly patients

Abstract

S37population life. Oral implantology allows us the rehabilitation of edentulous patient fixed, without resorting to conventional treatments of removable prostheses, which affect it in terms of function, aesthetic and psychology. At first, this type of technique required a certain period of osseointegration and stability of implants, which increased the delay in the placement of prosthetic rehabilitation. However, new protocols have been developed in order to simplify the surgical and prostheses phases, providing the patient with an immediate, definite and less traumatic solution with predictable results. Nowadays, one of the most used methods is the immediate loading of implants, which allows us to place them in the same surgical act and in turn the restoration. In order to get a feasible procedure, we must consider the individual characteristics of each patient, as well as the rehabilitation we have planned to perform at the same. -Poster 10