Prosthetic Attachments for Implant Overdentures: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

2025/07/01 by Abichandani, Sagar
Dentistry · #Attachment systems #Ball attachment #Bar attachment #Cost-effectiveness #Dental prosthetics #Dentistry #Edentulous patients #Evidence-based dentistry #FOS: Clinical medicine #Implant overdentures #Implant-supported dentures #Implantology #Locator attachment #Magnet attachment #Maintenance needs #Marginal bone loss #Medicine and Health Sciences #Meta-analysis #OHIP-EDENT #Oral health–related quality of life #Patient satisfaction #Prosthodontics #Prosthodontics and Prosthodontology #Systematic review

paper · doi:10.17605/osf.io/znkuq

Abstract

This project systematically compares clinical performance, maintenance needs, bone loss, cost-effectiveness, and patient-reported outcomes for four common prosthetic attachment systems used in implant-retained overdentures.

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