Implant Overdenture - A Review To Highlight The Concept

Implant overdenture treatments cover one of the possible treatment solutions to the patients have some teeth/ roots retained, in patients completely edentulous or wearing conventional overdentures. Presenting this treatment plan using osseointegrated dental implants which will provide stability and retention for the prosthesis, prevent further bone resorption, and improvement of the aesthetic and functional requirement of the patients which is consequently affecting patients psychology and improve quality of life. Clinical and research studies of this topic always explore that, overdenture treatment is an alternative to conventional complete denture in terms of retention and stability and an alternative to full arch fix prosthesis in terms of finance. Although there is remains a lack of consistency in techniques, prosthetics design, and attachment systems, this aspect has been proven less important to successful outcomes than we thought. In this review, we investigate implant overdenture in terms of advantage, disadvantage, indication and contraindication, attachment selection, and overdenture maintenance.