Clinical Versatility of the Facility-Equator Implant System as Mandibular Overdenture Retainers

Table 1

Sociodemographic, clinical, radiographic, and financial data.

Case	1	2	3
Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Feminine
Age	68	59	50
Ethnicity	White	White	White
Profession	Retired (merchant)	Housewife	Guard
Marital status	Married	Widow	Married
Time since mandibular edentulism	1	0	0
Time since maxillary edentulism	5	2	4
Distance between foramens	61.9	52.2	43.6
Cawood & Howell atrophy (anterior height/posterior height)	Nonatrophic (32.5 mm/29.9 mm)	Nonatrophic (25.5 mm/21.3 mm)	Nonatrophic (25.0 mm/19.1 mm)
Wical atrophy (mental foramen evaluation)	Atrophic	Atrophic	Atrophic
Kapur atrophy (clinical evaluation)	Nonatrophic	Atrophic	Atrophic
Main complaint for MO option	Lack of retention and stability of the lower prosthesis	Dissatisfaction with the appearance of the teeth and lack of retention of the lower prosthesis	Dissatisfaction due to pain and discomfort caused by lower prosthesis
Comorbidity	Alcoholic for 20 years and smoker for 9 years	—	Arterial hypertension
Transmucosal height	3.5 mm—left and midline; 2.5—right	2.5 mm—right and left	4.5 mm—right and left
Materials used	3 implants + 3 healing caps + 3 Equator	4 implants + 4 healing caps + 4 Equator	4 implants + 2 healing caps + 4 Equator
Minimum cost (BRL)	720.00	960.00	920.00