Dental Implant Restoration for a Patient with Cerebral Palsy

Abstract

Sufferers of cerebral palsy with total or partial edentulous jaw have difficulty in mastication, speaking, and swallowing because of involuntary muscle spasms and the inability to insert removable dentures. The case of a 56-year-old patient with cerebral palsy was treated using implant-supported fixed prostheses. He suffered from missing bilateral posterior teeth of the mandible. Eight implants were placed in his posterior mandible, and hybrid resin crowns were connected 7 weeks after the implant placement. His masticatory dysfunction improved after dental implant restoration.
The occlusal height had decreased by about 3 mm caused by wear of artificial teeth of superstructures at the follow-up observation at 6 years and 4 months. However, a decrease of bone level around the implants was not observed.