Intelligibility and Acoustic Speech Performance of CAD/CAM Milled Titanium Partial Dentures (NCT06589570) | Clinical Trial Compass
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Intelligibility and Acoustic Speech Performance of CAD/CAM Milled Titanium Partial Dentures
Egypt12 participantsStarted 2024-09-09
Plain-language summary
Partial dentures play a crucial role in restoring oral function and aesthetics for patients with missing teeth. Traditionally, these prostheses have been fabricated using materials such as acrylic resin or cobalt-chromium alloys. However, advancements in digital dentistry have introduced new materials and manufacturing techniques, including computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) milled titanium. While titanium offers advantages such as biocompatibility, lightweight properties, and corrosion resistance, its impact on speech performance remains understudied.
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Patients with Class IV Kennedy Classification partial edentulism.
* Sufficient occluso-gingival height of its clinical crown
* Full opposing arch or restored with acceptable restoration
* Edentulous ridge covered by healthy firm muco-periosteum
* The abutment teeth had apparently good periodontal condition
* Adequate inter-arch space
* All patients were apparently in good general health
* Only patients who can be easily motivated to achieve and maintain good oral hygiene were selected
Exclusion Criteria:
* without abnormal bony irregularity or sever lingual undercut
* with no signs of mobility or inflammation with no tissue undercut
* Patients with shallow floor of the mouth, prominent lingual tori, bony undercuts and lingual inclined teeth were all excluded
* no tempro-mandibular joint disorders
* free from systemic diseases as diabetes mellitus
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