TY - JOUR
AU - Müller, Frauke
AB - Global demographic trends project a world population of nine billion people by the year 2050, which is an estimated increase of 50 million annually. This trend is not just because of an increase in the birth rates but due to a multitude of other factors such as increased life expectancy, reduction in mortality, slow growth, and urbanization. It is estimated that in the United States alone, the elderly population (>65 years) will double by the year 2050 (Ortman et al. ). Although the decline in the rates of edentulism in developed countries has been reported (Mojon et al. ; Müller et al. ), it will however not be eradicated; tooth loss will gradually appear at a later age and in an older segment. The elderly segment will inevitably start requiring complex and quality rehabilitation procedures including, but not restricted to, dental implant therapy.Rehabilitation with dental implants is a highly successful therapeutic option for the partially/completely edentulous jaws, with predictable and long‐term success rates (Chappuis et al. ). In fact, a mandibular two‐implant overdenture therapy is considered a first‐choice standard of care in the rehabilitation of completely edentulous patients (Feine et al. ; Thomason et al. ). Implant‐supported prostheses have proven to improve mastication (van Kampen et al. 
TI - Dental implants in the elderly population: a systematic review and meta‐analysis
JF - Clinical Oral Implants Research
DO - 10.1111/clr.12898
DA - 2017-08-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/dental-implants-in-the-elderly-population-a-systematic-review-and-meta-EXsJIVdkjW
SP - 920
EP - 930
VL - 28
IS - 8
DP - DeepDyve
ER -