2026 Volume 18 Issue 3 Pages 323-326
Patient: A 64-year-old female first visited the Department of Crown and Bridge Prosthodontics with the chief complaint of difficulty eating due to mobility of a maxillary fixed partial denture. Partial retention loss of the retainer, secondary caries and mobility of the abutment teeth were observed. The patient was diagnosed with masticatory dysfunction caused by failure of the maxillary fixed partial denture associated with secondary caries, abutment tooth mobility, and retention loss of the retainer. Dental implant treatment was performed following the fabrication of a removable partial denture after extraction of hopeless teeth to achieve early functional recovery in unilateral distal-extension edentulism.
Discussion: Improvement in discomfort following dental implant treatment may contribute to an enhanced quality of eating, as demonstrated by quantitative evaluation of masticatory function.
Conclusion: Dental implant treatment in unilateral distal-extension edentulism improved masticatory function and oral health-related QOL.
