Tilted implants and final fixed prostheses treatment in edentulous mandible with severely resorbed
YANG Shuo
GUO Yongtong
ZHANG Xiangcheng
WU Qianyi
ZHOU Zhen
WANG Yamin
HE Wulin
ZHOU Lei
XU Shulan
Abstract：Objective To evaluate the clinical outcomes of severely resorbed edentulous mandibles with tilted implants and fixed prostheses. Methods Ten patients with severely resorbed edentulous mandibles were en-rolled. Each patient received 4 implants,two posteriors placed tilted implants. Immediate loading of tilted implants were applied in all cases using a fixed provisional prosthesis. All patients were finalized 3-4 months with fixed pros-theses. Results 40/40 implants with initial torque(>35N.cm)were followed 1-1.5 years presenting 100%surviv-al. Conclusion The method of using tilted implants and fixed prostheses in the cases of severely resorbed edentu-lous mandibles can achieve an ideal short-term and medium-term effects.
Keywords：EdentulousImplant support fixed prosthesesTilted implants
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 1810-1813 )