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KMID : 1144020110070010011
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Journal of Korean Association for Disability and Oral Health
2011 Volume.7 No. 1 p.11 ~ p.14
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DENTAL IMPLANTS IN EDENTULOUS PATIENTS WITH COGNITIVE DISABILITIES: CASE REPORTS
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Youn Eun-Kyu
Choi Sung-Chul
Kim Kwang-Chul
Park Jae-Hong
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Abstract
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Individuals with cognitive disabilities face many barriers to oral care, often suffering from partial or complete edentulism. While the use of implant reconstruction is becoming more common in general population, such care is still being used infrequently in individuals with intellectual impairment. Because of the patients’oral hygiene practice is poor, special need is required for prosthetic design. These two cases were restored by prostheses using implants. Prosthetic modalities were different but the implants were fully osseointegrated, presenting satisfactory functional and esthetic conditions without clinical or radiographic signs of alterations or pathologies. We report that it is good for cognitive disabilities to give prosthetic treatment using implants.
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KEYWORD
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Cognitive disability, Implant, Overdenture
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