The Effect Of Four Implants Versus Two Implants Connected With Bar Retained Mandibular Overdenture On Biting Force.

Abstract

Denture wearers mostly reported problems with masticatory function, mainly caused by retention and stability problems of the mandibular prosthesis. Masticatory function of those patients is quite poor in comparison with that of healthy dentition subjects. Oral function significantly improves after rehabilitation with mandibular implant over denture. (1, 2) It was noticed that overdenture wearers have masticatory conditions more similar to that of dentate individuals than complete denture wearers. This advantage is quite important to provide ideal nutritional condition and better quality of life to edentulous subjects. (3, 4)