Patient- and Clinician-Reported Outcomes and Outcome Measures for Edentulous Maxilla Rehabilitated With Implant-Assisted Overdentures: A Systematic Review.

Key Points

• To evaluate the standardization of patient- and clinician-reported outcomes for rehabilitating edentulous maxilla with implant-assisted overdentures.
• Conducted a systematic review of clinical trials
• Analyzed both patient-reported outcomes (PROMs) and clinician-reported outcomes (ClinROs)
• Identified gaps in standardization among reported outcomes
• Found a frequent use of PROMs in clinical trials
• Noted a lack of subjective ClinROs reflecting clinicians' perceptions
• Identified the need for standardized outcome measures to facilitate comparisons across studies