Title: Osseointegrated implants versus zirconium mucosal inserts in complete denture patients

Abstract:

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of osseointegrated implants versus mucosal inserts used for retention of complete dentures.

Materials and Methods: Twelve completely edentulous patients were selected for this study and divided into two groups of six. Group I received implant retained maxillary overdentures, while group II received maxillary overdentures retained by muchor zirconium mucosal inserts. Bone changes in both groups were evaluated using cone beam ct at insertion and after six and twelve months.

Results: The results showed that the bone changes produced in mucosal overdenture wearers were greater than those produced in implant overdenture wearers.

Conclusion: Zirconium mucosal inserts caused more bone changes than osseointegrated implants.

Biography:

Sara Fikry El Shafei earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Dentistry from Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt in 2003. She then earned her Master’s degree in Removable Prosthodontics in 2012, and went on to earn her PHD in Prosthodontics from Ain Shams University, in 2016. She has been teaching Prosthodontics for 9 years, the last 7 of which were at the British University in Egypt where she currently works as a lecturer of Prosthodontics. She has several research publications under her name, and is highly interested in Dental implants and in Facial Esthetics. As well as Lecturing, Dr Sara also practices Dentistry in private practices, where she’s responsible for the prosthetics and facial esthetics and injectibles work in these clinics.