Mandibular overdentures using short implants: neoteric treatment modality to reduce residual ridge resorption / Zethy Hanum Mohamed Kassim and Rohana Ahmad

• Main Authors: Mohamed Kassim, Zethy Hanum, Ahmad, Rohana
• Format: Book Section
• Language: English
• Published: Research Innovation Business Unit 2014
• Subjects: Medical technology; Oral and dental medicine. Pathology. Diseases; Oral and dental anatomy and physiology
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/73342/1/73342.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/73342/; http://www.iidex.com.my

Excessive load and possibly altered mechanical stresses negatively impacts the alveolar ridge, prostheses and implant components when mandibular two-implant overdentures are used to treat completely edentulous patients. The debilitating effect for patients, which includes excessive residual ridge re...