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Implant Overdentures:
The Standard of Care for Edentulous Patients
Following a presentation of demographic trends for edentulism, leading experts
discuss the impact of mandibular two-implant overdentures on function,
nutrition, and overall quality of life for edentulous patients. They also share
practical insights about patient preferences and expectations, treatment
planning, prosthodontic management, and predicted costs of this treatment for
clinicians and patients. In addition, one chapter vividly illustrates a classic
case of rehabilitation with an overdenture, showing each stage of treatment from
the first examination to denture delivery.
Table of Contents
Preface
Contributors
Introduction: It Is Time to Tackle Denture Disability/James P. Lund
1 The World Without Teeth: Demographic Trends/Philippe Mojon
2 Edentulism, Digestion, and Nutrition/José A. Morais and J. Mark Thomason
3 The Impact of Edentulism on Function and Quality of Life/Michael I. MacEntee
4 Patient Preferences and Expectations/Manal A. Awad
5 Implant Overdentures Versus Conventional Dentures/Jocelyne S. Feine and Guido
Heydecke
6 Measuring the Cost of Implant Overdenture Therapy/John R. Penrod and Yoshiaki
Takanashi
7 Choosing an Implant System for Clinical Practice: An Evidence-Based
Method/Timothy W. Head
8 Comparison of Treatment Strategies for Implant Overdentures/Daniel Wismeijer
and Geert T. Stoker
9 Indications and Treatment Planning for Mandibular Implant Overdentures/Thomas
D. Taylor
10 Prosthodontic Management of Maxillary and Mandibular Overdentures/Regina
Mericske-Stern
11 The Influence of Attachment Systems on Implant-Retained Mandibular
Overdentures/Ignace Naert
12 Loading Strategies for Mandibular Implant Overdentures/Alan G. T. Payne,
Andrew Tawse-Smith, W. Murray Thomson, and Warwick J. Duncan
13 Two-Implant Overdentures with Ball Attachments: A Step-by-Step
Approach/Pierre Boudrias and Antoine Chehade
14 Future Directions/Gunnar E. Carlsson
The McGill Consensus Statement on Overdentures
Index
Editorial Reviews
From Book News, Inc.
Two-implant overdentures offer a more affordable option of
therapy for edenturous individuals than fixed implant-supported therapies and
are also more therapeutic than conventional dentures. Emphasizing evidence-based
rehabilitative care, Feine (dentistry, McGill U., Canada) and Carlsson
(emeritus, prosthetic dentistry, Goteborg U., Sweden) present 14 chapters
reviewing such topics as the impact of edentulism on quality of life; patient
preferences; cost measurement for overdenture therapy; implant system choice;
and treatment strategy, planning, and management. Also included is a step-by-
step case study.Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR
Book Info
McGill Univ., Montreal, Canada. Provides dental students and
clinicians with a background to the subject. Based on material presented at a
symposium held at McGill University in May 2002. Covers preferences and
treatment, benefits of two-implant overdentures as compared to conventional
dentures, and more. Softcover. DNLM: Denture, Complete.
Preface
It is now widely accepted that implant prostheses are a great improvement over
conventional dentures. However, most of the evidence in support of this therapy
comes from studies of prostheses that require several implants, such as fixed
implant-supported prostheses. Unfortunately, millions of edentulous individuals
cannot afford fixed prostheses, and therefore most are still wearing
conventional dentures.
In the past 8 years, studies have begun to focus on implant therapies that are
more accessible to edentulous individuals with low incomes. Two-implant
overdentures provide patients with increased satisfaction and quality of life.
In addition, these simple implant overdentures have been shown to significantly
improve the nutritional state of elderly patients. This information has been
published so recently that many clinicians are not familiar with it.
For this reason, we organized a symposium on two-implant overdentures, bringing
together a number of expert clinicians and researchers from several countries to
discuss their experiences with this treatment modality. In this book, we are
delighted to offer the material presented at the symposium, which was held at
McGill University in May 2002. Chapters cover topics such as the preferences and
treatment expectations of edentulous patients, the benefits of two-implant
overdentures as compared with conventional dentures, the predicted costs faced
by clinicians in providing this therapy, and treatment planning. The book
includes a remarkable chapter in which a classic case is illustrated
step-by-step from first examination to recall visits (chapter 13).
This book was written to provide dental students and clinicians with a thorough
background to this important topic, so that they can offer evidence-based
rehabilitative care to their patients. It will be useful to anyone who treats or
who is considering treating edentulous patients.
Based on the evidence presented at the symposium, the speakers and their
colleagues produced a consensus statement recommending that two-implant
mandibular overdentures should replace mandibular conventional dentures as the
standard of care for edentulous patients. After reading this book, perhaps you
will also agree.
Edited by
Jocelyne S. Feine, DDS, MSc, HDR
Professor
Faculty of Dentistry
McGill University
Montreal, Canada
Gunnar E. Carlsson, LDS, Odont Dr
Professor Emeritus
Department of Prosthetic Dentistry
Faculty of Odontology
Göteborg University
Göteborg, Sweden
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