CompletedNot Applicable

Digital Versus Conventional Altered Cast Techniques For Constructing Mandibular Distal Extension Removable Partial Dentures Using Digitally Fabricated Frameworks: Alveolar Bone Height Changes

Egypt22 participantsStarted 2023-05-15

Plain-language summary

This clinical study compares between digital and conventional altered cast techniques using digitally constructed frameworks in removable partial dentures' construction regarding their effect on bone height changes around abutment teeth and in residual ridge.

Who can participate

Age range50 Years – 60 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion criteria

✓. All patients having completely edentulous maxilla and class I Kennedy mandible.
✓. Sufficient (not less than 15 mm) restorative space must be available (from the mucosa covering the crest of the residual ridge to proposed occlusal plane). This will be detected by a tentative jaw relation.
✓. All patients are of angel's class I maxillo-mandibular relationships
✓. Abutment teeth must meet certain requirements :

Exclusion criteria

✕. Sever undercuts or concavities on the buccal or lingual sides of the ridge.
✕. Systemic diseases that may affect bone changes such as diabetes and osteoporosis.
✕. History of radiotherapy in the head and neck region.
✕. Crown Root Ratio for an abutment is 1:1.

What they're measuring

Alveolar Bone Height Changes

Timeframe: one year

Trial details

NCT IDNCT05899712

SponsorMansoura University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2025-05-10

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