Patient Satisfaction
Conditions
Brief summary
the goal of this randomized controlled trial aimed to assess patient satisfaction for completely edentulous patients with implant overdenture retained by ball attachment over a single symphyseal , or four interforaminal implants when compared to two interforaminal ones
Detailed description
48 edentulous patients were recruited and randomized to receive either 1,2 or 4 implants for a mandibular overdenture,3 months later implants were uncovered, and ball attachments were torqued, and all overdentures were picked up ,patient satisfaction questionnaires were recorded for all patients 2 weeks after pickup 3 months ,6 months, 9 months and 1year.
Interventions
OTHERimplants supported overdentures
implant supported and retained with different number of implants retained by ball attachments
Sponsors
Cairo University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Masking description
only statistician was masked
Intervention model description
three parallel arms one comparator and two interventions
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
55 Years to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* completely edentulous patients with restorative space of 12-15 mm, * keratinized gingiva of 5 mm
Exclusion criteria
*
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| patient satisfaction for masticatory ability, mental life comfortability with dentures | one year | A translated into Arabic form of patient satisfaction questionnaire to match the language and environmental background of the patients was answered by all subjects, Each response was given a score range from 0 to 4 where zero represents the best result . Questionnaire was divided into three categories questions, the first section was a direct questions to the patient answered by one of some choices, and each choice had a number which will be summed up and giving a score, The second section was a visual answered question; in which patient chose from best to worst on a given scale. The marked point will be translated into a number from zero (the best) to ten (the worst). The third section was a YES/ NO questions, answered shortly by the patient in the terms of yes or No. A translated into Arabic form of patient satisfaction questionnaire to match the language and environmental background of the patients was answered by all subjects |
Countries
Egypt
Outcome results
None listed