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CHAPTER 2
Articulation, oral function, and quality of life in patients treated with implant overdentures in the mandible: A prospective study.
E Fonteyne1, C Matthys2, L Bruneel3, L Becue1, H De Bruyn 1,4, K Van Lierde3,5
1. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Oral Health Sciences section Periodontology and oral implantology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
2. Department of Oral Health Sciences, Clinic for Removable Prosthodontics, Ghent
University, Ghent, Belgium
3. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Speech, Language and
Hearing Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. Laura.bruneel@ugent.be
4. Department of Dentistry, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The
Netherlands.
5. Department of Communication, University of Pretoria, South-Africa.
Keywords: edentulous mandible, implant, long term study, oromyofunction, overdenture, patient satisfaction, speech
Clin Implant Dent Relat Res. 2021; 1– 12. https://doi.org/10.1111/cid.12989 Note: this chapter is an edited version of the accepted paper
