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This cohort study evaluated changes in oral health-related quality of life and patient satisfaction following rehabilitation with customized subperiosteal implants in severe alveolar atrophy. Materials and Methods: This cohort study included all consecutive adult patients with severe alveolar atrophy who underwent reconstruction with patient-specific subperiosteal implants at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of \u201cEvangelismos\u201d General Hospital, Athens, Greece, in 2025. Oral health-related quality of life was assessed using the validated OHIP-14 questionnaire preoperatively and 12 months postoperatively. Patient satisfaction was evaluated using a numerical rating scale (NRS). Secondary outcomes included postoperative complications, implant exposure, implant stability, and need for reoperation. Comparisons between baseline and 12-month scores were performed using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test. Results: Nine patients who had completed 12-month follow-up were included. Five were male, and all implants were placed in the maxilla. Significant improvement was observed in oral health-related quality of life, with the median OHIP-14 total score decreasing from 41 preoperatively to 1 at the 12-month follow-up. Patient satisfaction also improved significantly, with the median NRS total score increasing from 17 to 58. Improvements were consistent across all OHIP-14 domains and all NRS items. No major complications were recorded. One patient developed early wound dehiscence, and one patient presented with implant exposure at the anterior palate. At the final follow-up twelve months postoperatively, all implants remained clinically and radiographically stable. Conclusions: These preliminary short-term findings suggest that customized subperiosteal implants may be a promising option for selected patients with severe alveolar atrophy in whom placement of conventional endosseous implants is not feasible; however, the results should be interpreted cautiously given the very small sample size and observational design.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina62040777","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,16]],"date-time":"2026-04-16T11:35:42Z","timestamp":1776339342000},"page":"777","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Quality of Life Following Dental Rehabilitation with Customized Subperiosteal Implants: A Pilot Cohort Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"62","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1332-0479","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Evangelos","family":"Kostares","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dental School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 115 27 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2361-1050","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Michael","family":"Kostares","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Otorhinolaryngology\u2014Head and Neck Surgery, \u201cMetaxa\u201d Memorial Anticancer Hospital, 185 37 Piraeus, Greece"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Georgia","family":"Kostare","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 115 27 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0008-9697-6978","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Fani","family":"Pitsigavdaki","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dental School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 115 27 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8791-2659","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ourania","family":"Schoinohoriti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dental School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 115 27 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4140-0521","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Christos","family":"Perisanidis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dental School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 115 27 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e70025","DOI":"10.1111\/cid.70025","article-title":"Subperiosteal Implants: A Lost Art Worth Revisiting?","volume":"27","author":"Goh","year":"2025","journal-title":"Clin. 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