ENHANCEMENT OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN TOTALLY EDENTULOUS PATIENTS BY IMPLANT-SUPPORTED FIXED PROSTHETIC RESTORATIONS USING MODERN GUIDED BONE REGENERATION TECHNIQUES
Abstract:
Total edentation has always been considered one of the most mutilating pathological states of
the dental-maxillary apparatus as it disturbs all its functions. Thus, regardless of age, the totally
edentulous patient is dis-inserted from the social environment, which may be quickly perceived as a true
social handicap. Nowadays, due to the progress made in dental therapeutics, total edentation can be
restored using not only mobile dentures, but also implant-supported fixed prosthetic restorations,
employing modern guided bone regeneration techniques. In this context, we conducted a study on totally
edentulous and in the process of becoming totally edentulous patients, to assess the enhancement of their
quality of life following the use of oral implantology techniques, modern guided bone regeneration
techniques included, the results being presented in the paper
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