One implant or two? new study tests simpler denture solution
NCT ID NCT07408778
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study compares two ways to secure lower dentures: using one implant or two implants. Researchers want to see if one implant can provide similar comfort, satisfaction, and chewing ability as two implants. The study involves 32 adults with no teeth who already have upper and lower dentures but are unhappy with how the lower one fits. Participants will be randomly assigned to receive either one or two implants, and their quality of life, satisfaction, and chewing performance will be tracked for one year.
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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About 32 people
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- Started
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Feb 2026
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2027
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- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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40 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Men and women ≥40 years. * ASA I-II; favorable general health or adequately controlled systemic disease (e.g., hypertension, diabetes). * Skeletal Class I relationship. * Completely edentulous mandible and maxilla. * Technically acceptable complete dentures in both jaws for ≥3 and ≤24 months; dissatisfaction limited to mandibular retention/stability. * Adequate anterior mandibular bone for implant ≥3.5×10 mm confirmed on CBCT; no bone augmentation needed. * Normal mucosal resilience (\~2 mm displacement). * Implant sites healed ≥4 months since extraction. * Willingness to be randomized and attend follow-ups; written informed consent. * Primary stability target ≥25 N-cm. Exclusion Criteria: * Uncontrolled systemic disease; neurodegenerative disease; osteoporosis requiring antiresorptives. * Chronic systemic antibiotics/steroids; bleeding disorders; active cancer therapy; metabolic bone disease; HIV. * Investigational drug use within 30 days. * Alcohol dependence/illicit drug use; xerostomia (stimulated flow \<0.7 mL/min). * Heavy smoking \>20 cigarettes/day. * TMD/orofacial pain; severe bruxism; moderate/severe cognitive impairment. * Prior implant therapy. * Non-adherence risk or inability to attend longitudinal visits. * Insufficient prosthetic space for attachment housing: inter-arch vertical distance \<8.5 mm at parasymphyseal/canine region. * Concurrent participation in another interventional study. * Erosive lichen planus or other significant oral mucosal disease; head-and-neck irradiation history. * Mandibular pathology on CBCT (e.g., cyst, tumor). * Ridge dimensions \<6 mm width or \<10 mm height at planned sites. * Active intraoral infection.
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Locations
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Faculty of Dentistry/ Arab American University
RECRUITINGJenin, Palestine, 240 jenin, Palestinian Territories
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