Purpose:To introduce a user-friendly protocol for implant-retained prosthetic rehabilitation of fully edentulous patients based on facial profile and the cephalometric intermaxillary relationship.Materials and Methods:The prosthetic rehabilitation of edentulous patients with implants based on facial profile assessment protocol commences with a clinical and cephalometric analysis, followed by a preliminary projection to obtain a harmonious interarch relationship, eventually stabilized by the preplanned prosthesis. The protocol is divided into the following 5 phases: Esthetic evaluation; cephalometric-occlusal assessment; surgery; provisionalization; and definitive prosthesis. Evaluation of patient's satisfaction from the treatment provided was performed through a preoperative and postoperative visual analogue scale scores.Results:The patient was granted immediate function and superior esthetics at day 1 of the treatment. These results were re-evaluated on an interval of 18 months and continued to be stable. The overall treatment time was significantly reduced.Conclusion:Our recommended protocol gives the clinician a chance to grasp results beyond the offered by traditional protocols by using a wider perspective of rehabilitation, involving the patient's facial profile, thus fulfilling the integration of both occlusal and cephalometric parameters in a unified surgical-prosthetic approach.
Prosthetic Rehabilitation of Edentulous Patients with Implants Based on Facial Profile Assessment: A Case Report
Mastrangelo F.;
2019-01-01
Abstract
Purpose:To introduce a user-friendly protocol for implant-retained prosthetic rehabilitation of fully edentulous patients based on facial profile and the cephalometric intermaxillary relationship.Materials and Methods:The prosthetic rehabilitation of edentulous patients with implants based on facial profile assessment protocol commences with a clinical and cephalometric analysis, followed by a preliminary projection to obtain a harmonious interarch relationship, eventually stabilized by the preplanned prosthesis. The protocol is divided into the following 5 phases: Esthetic evaluation; cephalometric-occlusal assessment; surgery; provisionalization; and definitive prosthesis. Evaluation of patient's satisfaction from the treatment provided was performed through a preoperative and postoperative visual analogue scale scores.Results:The patient was granted immediate function and superior esthetics at day 1 of the treatment. These results were re-evaluated on an interval of 18 months and continued to be stable. The overall treatment time was significantly reduced.Conclusion:Our recommended protocol gives the clinician a chance to grasp results beyond the offered by traditional protocols by using a wider perspective of rehabilitation, involving the patient's facial profile, thus fulfilling the integration of both occlusal and cephalometric parameters in a unified surgical-prosthetic approach.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
