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the goal of this randomized controlled trial aimed to assess patient satisfaction for completely edentulous patients with implant overdenture retained by ball attachment over a single symphyseal , or four interforaminal implants when compared to two interforaminal ones
48 edentulous patients were recruited and randomized to receive either 1,2 or 4 implants for a mandibular overdenture,3 months later implants were uncovered, and ball attachments were torqued, and all overdentures were picked up ,patient satisfaction questionnaires were recorded for all patients 2 weeks after pickup 3 months ,6 months, 9 months and 1year.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| experimental | Experimental | single impalnts supported overdenture |
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| active comparator | Active Comparator | two implants supported overdenture |
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| others | Other | four implants supported overdenture |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| implants supported overdentures | Other | implant supported and retained with different number of implants retained by ball attachments |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| patient satisfaction for masticatory ability, mental life comfortability with dentures | A translated into Arabic form of patient satisfaction questionnaire to match the language and environmental background of the patients was answered by all subjects, Each response was given a score range from 0 to 4 where zero represents the best result . Questionnaire was divided into three categories questions, the first section was a direct questions to the patient answered by one of some choices, and each choice had a number which will be summed up and giving a score, The second section was a visual answered question; in which patient chose from best to worst on a given scale. The marked point will be translated into a number from zero (the best) to ten (the worst). The third section was a YES/ NO questions, answered shortly by the patient in the terms of yes or No. A translated into Arabic form of patient satisfaction questionnaire to match the language and environmental background of the patients was answered by all subjects | one year |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Doaa Elkady phd | lecturer | Study Director |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Doaa Mahmoud Elkady | Cairo | 11351 | Egypt | |||
| Nesma Mohamed Awaad |
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| ID | Term |
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| D017060 | Patient Satisfaction |
| ID | Term |
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| D000074822 | Treatment Adherence and Compliance |
| D015438 | Health Behavior |
| D001519 | Behavior |
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three parallel arms one comparator and two interventions
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only statistician was masked
| Cairo |
| 11351 |
| Egypt |