Comparative Clinical Study for Two Types of Locator Attachments for Mandibular Implant Supported Overdenture

A Comparative Clinical Study for Two Types of Locator Attachments for Mandibular Implant-supported Overdenture; A 3-year Radiographic and Clinical Follow-up Study

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT06109519

Enrollment

Registered

2023-10-31

Start date

2020-02-16

Completion date

2023-09-16

Last updated

2023-10-31

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Conditions

Prosthesis User

Brief summary

This study aims to evaluate the clinical and radiographic outcomes for mandibular implant-supported overdenture using two different types of locator attachment after 3 years of using the two types of locator attachments

Interventions

PROCEDUREimplant supported overdenture

patients would be delivered mandibular implant overdenture using conventional locator and Locator RTX attachments

Study design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Subject)

Intervention model description

All patients in this study will be divided into two equal groups Group I (control): patients who would be delivered mandibular implant overdenture using conventional locator attachments. Group II (study): patients who would be delivered mandibular implant overdenture using Locator RTX attachments

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

45 Years to 70 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* 1\. All selected patients have two implants placed in the mandibular interforaminal region. 2\. All selected patients have a healthy mucosa and with no clinical complications. 3\. All patients are cooperative and approve the proposed treatment protocol

Exclusion criteria

* 1\. Patients who reject to participate in the study. 2.Patients who need implant placement as a result of previous implant failure

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
crestal cone loss	three years	Intraoral radiographs were performed using the long cone paralleling technique to evaluate crestal bone loss
prosthetic complications	three years	prosthetic complications were scored clinically

Countries

Egypt

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026