Title

Nutritional outcomes in edentulous patients with conventional and single-implant overdentures: A cross-sectional study

Authors

Vishal B Parmar^1,*, Birood G Patel², Brinda Patel^3, Diptesh S Rami¹, Ravindra M Chavda⁴

Affiliation

¹Department of Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge, AMC Dental College & Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India; ²Department of Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge, Narsinhbhai Patel Dental College and Hospital, Visnagar, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India; ³Private Practitioner, Shreeji Dental and Skin Care, Surat, Gujarat, India; ⁴Department of Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge, AMC Dental College & Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Vishal B Parmar - E-mail: drvishalparmar28@gmail.com
Birood G Patel - E-mail: dr.birood@gmail.com
Brinda Patel - E-mail: bhalanibrinda@gmail.com
Diptesh S Rami - E-mail: dipteshrami1989@gmail.com
Ravindra M Chavda – E-mail: aravsoravi20413@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received January 1, 2026; Revised January 31, 2026; Accepted January 31, 2026, Published January 31, 2026

Abstract

The elderly patients who have their edentulas compromised by aging usually have impaired nutritional status because of their inability to masticate their food and have a diverse diet using standard complete dentures. The on-going prospective cross-over trial has put five fully edentulous patients (mean age 60 years) to assess and compare whether conventional complete dentures and single implant-retained overdentures have differences in their effects on sensitive nutritional markers. Nutritional assessment was done through serum pre-albumin, albumin, vitamin B12, iron and haemoglobin at the baseline (edentulous), one month of CD placement and one month of IOD placement. Compared to traditional dentures, central single implant-retained overdentures have shown to provide better nutritional result, especially in highly sensitive indices like pre-albumin and albumin indicating a better station of dietary consumption and protein-energy condition in edentulous elderly patients.

Keywords

Edentulism, implant overdenture, nutritional status, pre-albumin, complete denture, elderly nutrition

Citation

Parmar et al. Bioinformation 22(1): 224-229 (2026)

Edited by

Vini Mehta

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.