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Mandibular Implants in Elderly Patients

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Edentulous Complete Denture Wearers
Interventions
Procedure: Conventional reline
Device: Implant placement
Registration Number
NCT01928004
Lead Sponsor
University of Geneva, Switzerland
Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate denture satisfaction following the conversion of existing mandibular complete dentures to implant-overdentures (IOD) in very old edentulous patients who depend on help for activities of daily living (ADL) and evaluate secondary endpoints such as functional, structural, nutritional, cognitive and patient-centered outcome measures.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
45
Inclusion Criteria
  • 75 years or older
  • living institutionalized or receiving help for the ADL
  • edentulous
  • wearing complete dentures
  • the lower denture had to cause discomfort to the degree that the patients were seeking treatment
Exclusion Criteria
  • severe clinical depression
  • dementia
  • poorly controlled diabetes
  • immunosuppression
  • treatment with bisphosphonates
  • condition precluding the surgical intervention for implant placement

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
denture relineConventional relineconventional reline of mandibular complete denture
implant placementImplant placementinsertion of 2 interforaminal mandibular implants and conversion of the lower complete denture to an implant-overdenture
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change from Baseline in Denture satisfactionat 3, 12, 24 and 36 months

VAS-scale score to evaluate the subjective satisfaction with the denture

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change from Baseline in OHRQoLat 3, 12, 24 adn 36 months

OHIP-Edent questionnaire, 20 questions

Change from Baseline in MNAat 3, 12, 24 and 36 months

Mini-nutritional Assessement questionnaire (Guigoz 1994)

Change from Baseline in Blood markersat 3, 12, 24 and 36 months

Albumin, Folic acid, Vitamin B12 (VitB12), Hemoglobin (Hb), C-reactive protein (CRP)

Change from Insertion in implant survivalat 3, 12, 24 and 36 months

inserted implants in vivo

Change from Baseline in Maximum bite forceat Intervention, 3, 12, 24 and 36 months

unilateral maximal bite force measured with force gauge

Change from Baseline in Stimulated Saliva Flow Rateat Intervention, 3, 12, 24 and 36 months

whole saliva collected after chewing wax for 2 minutes on one side

Change from Insertion in peri-implant bone lossat 3, 12, 24 and 36 months

mesial and distal peri-implant bone loss, as evaluated on intraoral radiographs or OPTs

Changes from Baseline in Masseter Muscle Thicknessat 3, 12, 24 and 36 months

ultrasound measurements of the masseter muscle thickness in contracted and relaxed state

Change from Baseline in Independenceat 12, 24 and 36 months

IADL Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale (Lawton and Brody, 1969) MIF Measure of functional independence

Change from Insertion in Pocket depthat 3, 12, 24 and 36 months

mesial and distal peri-implant probing depth

Change from Baseline in cognitive functionat 12, 24 and 36 months

Mini-Mental State Examination, to evaluate cognitive function (Folstein et al. 1975) Trail-making test A and B Verbal fluency test

Change from Baseline in BMIat 12, 24 and 36 months

Body Mass Index kg/m2

Change from Insertion in Plaque indexat 3, 12, 24 and 36 months

Plaque index on implants (Silness \& Loe 1963) Denture plaque index

Change from Baseline in Chewing efficiencyat Intervention, 3, 12, 24 and 36 months

two color mixing test with bi-colored chewing gum (Schimmel et al 2007)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Geneva

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Geneva, Switzerland

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