Clinical Trial: The Treatment of Implant-retained Mandibular Overdentures for Edentulous Patients

Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: A Clinical Trial on Conventional Dentures and Implant-retained Mandibular Overdentures With Respect to Oral Functionality and Quality of Life in Edentulous Patients

Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to investigate to what extent IOs improve the functionality of edentulous patients and changes in quality of life and overall patient satisfaction following treatment with IOs.

Detailed Summary: Edentulous individuals will be selected from patients attending the prosthodontic clinic. Then, new complete dentures will be provided; in a second stage half of these subjects (randomly selected) will receive IOs. The effect of different treatment protocols on chewing ability, patient satisfaction and OHRQoL will be investigated and assessed.
Sponsor: Chufan Ma

Current Primary Outcome: masticatory efficiency [ Time Frame: three months after restoration of the implant-retained overdenture ]

masticatory efficiency will be measured with chwing-gum ,and the outcome will be analysed with the viewgum software


Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

Current Secondary Outcome:

  • Oral health related quality of life [ Time Frame: three months after restoration of the implant-retained overdenture ]
    Oral health related quality of life will be measured with the Oral Health Impact Profile 14(OHIP-14).
  • patients' satisfaction [ Time Frame: three months after restoration of the implant-retained overdenture ]
    patients' satisfaction will be assessed on visual analog scales (VAS)


Original Secondary Outcome: Same as current

Information By: Fourth Military Medical University

Dates:
Date Received: July 3, 2016
Date Started: May 2016
Date Completion: July 2017
Last Updated: July 26, 2016
Last Verified: July 2016