Types of prosthesis on implants in patients edentulous planned in the teaching dental clinic of the Peruvian University Cayetano Heredia

Abstract

Objective: To determine the frequency of types of prostheses on planned implants in edentulous patients in the postgraduate services of Oral Rehabilitation and Integral Oral Implantology of the Teaching Dental Clinic of the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia during the years 2016 and 2017. Materials and methods: The research was descriptive, retrospective, observational and transversal, the variables: the planned treatments, classifying them by gender, age, seat, service, type of prosthesis on implants, classification of edentulism and edentulous zone. The database of all the digitalized medical histories was used with the presentation of the planned case and accepted by the tutor and commitment certificate accepted by the patient. Results: We found 296 different types of prostheses on implants, 68.58% in the female sex, the average age was 54.23 years, the highest percentage between 60 and 69 years, the San Isidro headquarters were planned 61.15%, in the service of RO 60.81%, the highest percentage of prostheses on implants was made in the upper jaw, the type of prosthesis on implant with the highest percentage was the unitary prosthesis 58.78%, according to the classification of edentulism the highest percentage was found in the partial edentulous, the The highest percentage in total edentulism was the hybrid prosthesis with 59.46% and in partial edentulism it was the unitary prosthesis with 66.80%. Conclusions: Unitary prostheses were the most frequent, according to gender was female, according to San Isidro and according to RO service, according to the upper edentulous area, in total edentulous the hybrid prosthesis and in partial edentulous the unitary prosthesis.