Biomecanical changes of the temporomandibular joint in restoration with implant supported overdentures. Functional analysis

Lucian Blaga University, Department of Dental Medicine and Nursing Bdul Victoriei 10, Sibiu, Romania

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Abstract

Temporo-mandibular joint disorders represent an issue of particular importance for the health and proper functioning of the dentomaxillary systhem. Research conducted in this paper aims to analyse biomechanics and temporomandibular joint among patients who, one the one side have implants placed over a history of joint disease, emphasising developments along post-interventio. On the oder side, patients without a history of joint pathology were recieving implant prosthesis. The study includes a total of 138 subjects (N=138), age between 18 and 64 years, with lateral edentulous that have been applied to dental implants and made overdenture. All patients are clinically healthy. The research methods comprise systematic observation and clinical trial, applied to two groups: one of study and one of control. Biomechanical principles can not guarantee the avoidance in the case of biopathological response to overload (respectively outer-implant bone resorption). These will not lead to the prognostic for all types of prosthetic overstructures with implant support, because the individual variations of bone resistance can not be apropriatly measured. The present paper is an applied research which is designed to solve short term problems, in order to contribute to the development of an interdisciplinary scientific field.