Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Click here to sign up for SAGE Journal Email Alerts today!

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
Journal of Dental Research
This Article
Right arrow Figures Only
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Right arrow Citing Articles via Scopus
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by van Kampen, F.M.C.
Right arrow Articles by Bosman, F.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by van Kampen, F.M.C.
Right arrow Articles by Bosman, F.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Complore   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati   Add to Twitter  
What's this?

Clinical

The Influence of Various Attachment Types in Mandibular Implant-retained Overdentures on Maximum Bite Force and EMG

F.M.C. van Kampen1,2,*, A. van der Bilt1, M.S. Cune1 and F. Bosman1

1 Department of Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery, Prosthodontics and Special Dental Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, PO Box 85.060, 3508 AB, Utrecht, The Netherlands; and
2 Central Military Hospital, Utrecht, The Netherlands;

Correspondence: *corresponding author, F.M.C.vanKampen{at}med.uu.nl

The type of attachment that is used in oral rehabilitation by means of implant-retained mandibular overdentures may influence the retention and the stability of the denture. In this study, we examined the hypothesis that a better retention and stability of the denture improve the oral function. Eighteen edentulous subjects received 2 permucosal implants, a new denture, and, successively, 3 suprastructure modalities. Maximum bite force and electrical activity of the masseter and temporalis muscles were measured. The maximum bite force nearly doubled after treatment for each of the 3 attachments. However, the average bite force after treatment was still only two-thirds of the value obtained for dentate subjects. No large differences in maximum bite force and muscle activity were found among the 3 attachment types. Temporalis activity was significantly lower than masseter activity when subjects clenched without implant support. There was no difference in activity when subjects clenched with implant support.

Key Words: bite force • EMG • dental implant • overdenture • attachment

Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 81, No. 3, 170-173 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/154405910208100305
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati   Add to Twitter Twitter    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 CROBMHome page
C. Stellingsma, A. Vissink, H.J.A. Meijer, C. Kuiper, and G.M. Raghoebar
IMPLANTOLOGY AND THE SEVERELY RESORBED EDENTULOUS MANDIBLE
Critical Reviews in Oral Biology & Medicine, July 1, 2004; 15(4): 240 - 248.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]