EFFECT OF ATTACHMENT RESILEINCY ON MUSCLE ACTIVITY IN IMPLANT RETAINED MANDIBULAR OVERDENTURE | ||||
Egyptian Dental Journal | ||||
Article 2, Volume 64, Issue 4 - October (Fixed Prosthodontics, Dental Materials, Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics), October 2018, Page 3543-3550 PDF (947.27 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/edj.2018.79176 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Nada El Khourzaty1; Nancy N Elsherbini1; Aliaa A Tawfik2 | ||||
1Lecturer, Removable Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt | ||||
2Lecturer, Clinical Neurophysiology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Objectives: This study aimed to investigate masticatory muscle activity in patients treated with 2 modalities of implant mandibular overdenture prosthesis. Methodology: Fourteen completely edentulous male patients were selected and four implants were inserted for each patient. After 3 months of installation, the patients were equally divided into two groups; group I receiving overdentures retained with ball attachments and group II receiving telescopic retained overdentures. Muscle activity was measured at time of denture insertion, two weeks and one month after insertion. Results: The results revealed that muscle activity was significantly lower in telescopic retained overdentures compared to overdentures retained with ball attachments. Conclusion: Telescopic attachments decreased the effort exerted by the muscles compared to ball and socket attachments. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
muscular activity; Implants; overdenture; telescopic attachments | ||||
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