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Volume 10 , Issue 6
November/December 1995
Pages 759-764

Treatment of Edentulous Patients With Temporomandibular Disorders With Implant-Supported Overdentures

Eva Engel, Dr Med Dent/Heiner Weber, Prof Dr Med Dent

PMID: 8530180

Treatment of edentulous patients who have temporomandibular disorders is difficult because of the poor stability of their conventional complete dentures. With an implant-supported bar and a clip-to-bar overdenture, mandibular dentures can be stabilized. The results of a prospective clinical study of 10 edentulous patients with temporomandibular disorders and treatment with implant-supported overdentures in mandibles are presented. Before and after 3 years of wearing the implant-supported overdentures, patients were interviewed and a clinical functional analysis was taken. Patients with displacement of the articular disc or bone destruction of the joints had a decrease in pain, an enhanced mobility of the mandible, and a decrease in temporomandibular joint sounds. Patients with pain of muscular genesis as a result of bruxism suffered after 3 years from the same pain and did not show an improvement of muscle or joint sensitivity. (Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants 1995;10:759–764)

Key words: edentulous patients, implant supported overdentures, temporomandibular disorders

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