Velasco-Ortega, EugenioMatos Garrido, NunoJiménez Guerra, ÁlvaroOrtiz García, IvánMoreno Muñoz, JesúsNúñez Márquez, EnriqueRondón Romero, José LuisAyuso-Montero, RaúlLópez-López, JoséMonsalve Guil, Loreto2024-07-012024-07-012023Velasco-Ortega, E., Matos Garrido, N., Jiménez Guerra, Á., Ortiz García, I., Moreno Muñoz, J., Núñez Márquez, E.,...,Monsalve Guil, L. (2023). Early loading of two implants supporting mandibular overdentures in geriatric edentulous patients: a 12-year follow-up study. Journal of Clinical Medicine (JCM), 12 (11), 3825. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12113825.2077-0383https://hdl.handle.net/11441/161001Background: This study aims to show the clinical outcomes of implants supporting mandibular overdentures in edentulous patients. Methods: Mandibular edentulous patients were diagnosed with an oral examination, panoramic radiograph, and diagnostic casts for intermaxillary relations and treated with overdentures over two implants. After two-stage surgery, implants were early loaded with an overdenture at 6 weeks. Results: Fifty-four patients (28 females and 24 males) were treated with 108 implants. Thirty-two patients (59.2%) had a previous history of periodontitis. Twenty-three patients (46%) were smokers. Forty patients (74.1%) suffered from systemic diseases (i.e., diabetes, cardiovascular diseases). The clinical follow-up of the study was 147.8 ± 10.4 months. The clinical outcomes showed a global success of 94.5% of implants. Fifty-four overdentures were placed in the patients over the implants. The mean marginal bone loss was 1.12 ± 0.34 mm. Nineteen patients (35.2%) showed some kind of mechanical prosthodontic complication. Sixteen implants (14.8%) were associated with peri-implantitis. Conclusions: Based on the clinical results obtained, we can determine that the treatment of elderly edentulous patients with mandibular overdentures through the early loading of two placed implants is a successful implant protocol.application/pdf12 p.engAtribución 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Mandibular overdentureEarly loadingDental implantsEdentulous patientsGeriatric patientsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12113825