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Volume 5, Issue 2, Pages 94-95 (June 2005)


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Periodontal disease, periapical lesions and caries were, in that order, the causes of overdenture abutment loss

Dr. Michael R. Fenlon (Head of Prosthodontics)

Original Article

Ettinger RL, Qian F. Abutment tooth loss in patients with overdentures. J Am Dent Assoc 2004;135(6):739-46; quiz 795-6.

Level of Evidence

2b

Purpose

The goal of this study was to determine what factors were associated with overdenture abutment tooth loss.

Source of Funding

Information not available

Type of Study/Design

Cohort study

King's College Dental Institute, Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom

PII: S1532-3382(05)00055-2

doi:10.1016/j.jebdp.2005.04.010


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