The Effect of Mini-Implants versus Conventional Implants Retained Mandibular Overdenture on Biting Forces | ||
| Ain Shams Dental Journal | ||
| Volume 38, Issue 2, June 2025, Pages 248-254 PDF (1.25 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original articles | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/asdj.2025.344485.1725 | ||
| Author | ||
| Noha Aligamaleldin Abdelaal Mohamed* | ||
| Prosthodontic department faculty of oral and dental medicine Cairo university | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Aim: The purpose of this clinical investigation is to evaluate the biting force of patients restored with mandibular single over-dentures supported by Mandibular implants Two Conventional diameters versus four Mini Implants. Materials and Methods: In this investigation, a total of twelve male patients with completely edentulous mandibles opposed by natural dentition were enrolled. Patients were distributed into two main groups;Group I received four inter-foraminal mandibular Mini-implants while Group li received two conventional implants with standard diameters in the inter-foraminal region as well. O-ring attachments were utilized in the lower denture to provide retention with the implants. The biting force of the participants was measured at insertion, 3 months and 6 months after insertion of the mandibular implant retained denture using a Load sensor. To evaluate significant changes within each group over time and to compare the two groups, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and paired t-tests for pairwise comparison were utilized as analytical tests for all parameters. For all statistical tests, the significance threshold was established at 0.05. Results: Statistical Analysis Comparison between the two groups revealed a significant difference between both groups where there were higher biting values in the Standard diameter Implant group than the Mini diameter implant group as P<0.0001*. Conclusion: Within the limitation in this investigation, it can be determined that the standard diameter implants yielded more favourable biting forces in comparison with the mini-implant implant group supporting mandibular single implant retained over-denture. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| KEYWORDS: edentulous mandible; small diameter implants; Loading sensors; single denture | ||
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