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KMID : 0988720080240040351
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Journal of the Korean Academy of Stomatognathic Function and occlusion
2008 Volume.24 No. 4 p.351 ~ p.359
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Implant Supported Overdenture using Locator® System on Edentulous Patient
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Lee Sang-Yeup
Shin Soo-Yeon
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Abstract
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It is difficult to provide prosthodontic treatment to fully edentulous patients with severe alveolar bone resorption, because this makes patents hard to endure functional load, and to adapt to the dentures, which result in emotional stress to patients. Implant supported overdenture can be chosen to solve these problems. Among several types of them, the implant retained and tissue supported overdenture, is available to the patients of low masticatory force with the reduced cost. Attachments also can be used for increasing retention and esthetics in dentures. Especially, Locator® system needs a small vertical interarch space for restoration and is able to compensate the difference of angle between fixtures. In this study, we restored maxilla with conventional complete denture, and mandible with implant and tissue supported overdenture and Locator® system.
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KEYWORD
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Locator® system, mandibular overdenture, implant
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