AAOMS 95th Annual Meeting

October 04 - 12, 2013

S315

Principles of Attachment Selection for Implant-supported Overdentures and Their Impact on Surgical Approaches

This is a Ticketed Session

Traditionally, surgeons place multiple implants for fully edentulous patients and dentists fabricate the overdenture according to the existing implants. Attachment assemblies perform optimally and last longer if implants are placed within specific distances and locations. Surgeons should know about overdenture attachments in order to place the implants accordingly.

1. Describe the relationship between numbers of implants and each attachment assembly design;
2. Differentiate among attachment assembly designs based on height of available bone and level of desirable resiliency, and plan surgical treatment around these criteria; and
3. Highlight the advantages and disadvantages of each attachment assembly design.