Functional benefits of implants placed during ablative surgery: A 5-year prospective study on the prosthodontic rehabilitation of 56 edentulous oral cancer patients

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Title:	Functional benefits of implants placed during ablative surgery: A 5-year prospective study on the prosthodontic rehabilitation of 56 edentulous oral cancer patients
Author(s):	Wetzels, J.G.H.; Koole, R.A. ; Meijer, G.J. ; Haan, A.F.J. de; Merkx, M.A.W. ; Speksnijder, C.M.
Publication year:	2016
Source:	Head and Neck-Journal for the Sciences and Specialties of the Head and Neck, vol. 38 Suppl 1, (2016), pp. E2103-11
ISSN:	1043-3074
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1002/hed.24389
Publication type:	Article / Letter to editor
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item : http://hdl.handle.net/2066/172590
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Subject:	Radboudumc 0: Other Research RIHS: Radboud Institute for Health Sciences Radboudumc 10: Reconstructive and regenerative medicine RIHS: Radboud Institute for Health Sciences Radboudumc 18: Healthcare improvement science RIHS: Radboud Institute for Health Sciences Radboudumc 9: Rare cancers RIHS: Radboud Institute for Health Sciences
Organization:	Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Dentistry Health Evidence IQ Healthcare
Journal title:	Head and Neck-Journal for the Sciences and Specialties of the Head and Neck
Volume:	vol. 38 Suppl 1
Page start:	p. E2103
Page end:	p. 11
Abstract:	BACKGROUND: The timing of placement as well as the functional benefit of interforaminal implants in edentulous patients treated for oral cancer is unclear. METHODS: Fifty-six patients were recruited at 2 institutions. In 1 institution, interforaminal implants were placed during ablative surgery, the other institution used conventional prosthodontics with optional placement of implants postsurgery (postponed-placement). Masticatory performance, bite force, and subjective masticatory function were assessed before and 6 months, 1 year, and 5 years after surgery. RESULTS: Implant-retained overdentures (IODs) demonstrated the highest bite force and the least problems with solid food and food choice. Masticatory performance was equal for IODs and conventional dentures. After 5 years, IODs from patients in the during-ablative-surgery cohort tend to have higher bite force and masticatory performance than those from patients in the postponed-placement cohort. CONCLUSION: IODs produce the highest overall masticatory function. Implant placement during ablative surgery seems to be functionally beneficial. (c) 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Head Neck 38: E2103-E2111, 2016.