Clinical and radiographic evaluation of early loaded narrow diameter implants – 1‐year follow‐up

Abstract

Treatment with OsseoSpeed TX 3.0S implants is a safe and predictable option in the anterior region where physical space is limited. Minimal marginal bone loss was observed during the first year follow-up.

Radiological evaluation of the cresco system in combination with osseospeed implants: a preliminary 3-year report

“…The mean recorded marginal bone loss was 0,73±0,33mm and 0,88±1,13mm for test and control group respectively and was similar to that reported for the same implant system used in other reports, albeit in different contexts. Results from the present investigation are consistent with findings from other studies that reported on marginal bone loss around Osseospeed implants: De Bruyn (26) described a mean value for marginal bone loss at 3-year follow up of 0,4±1,5mm, Galindo-Moreno (27) reported a mean value of 0,065±1,01mm at 1-year follow up, Bilham (21) reported a mean value of 0,95±0,18mm at 3-year follow-up, Chang (28) found a mean marginal bone loss of 0,45±1,15mm at 5-year follow up.…”

Narrow-diameter implants: Are they a predictable treatment option? A literature review

“…Regarding the type of edentulism, three studies included only totally edentulous individuals (16,21,24), five studies included both partially and totally edentulous patients (13,19,22,30,31), seven studies included partially edentulous cases (12,18,20,26-29), and six studies included only patients with a single missing tooth (13-15,23,25,32). …”

“…Nine studies used a single-step surgical protocol (12-15,20-22,26,27), five studies used a two-step protocol (17,19,24,25,31), two studies included both single and two-step surgical protocols (18,30), and three studies performed surgery involving the raising of a full-thickness flap without offering further details (16,28,29). Only three studies presented results comparing implants placed with a flapless technique versus the raising of a full-thickness flap (15,23,29). …”

“…Six of the reviewed studies included only single-tooth cases (13,14,15,23,25,26). Regarding the rest of the studies, three of them included only fixed partial prostheses (12,18,20), two studies presented only results corresponding to mandibular overdentures (16,21), and one study included only cases of full arch fixed rehabilitations (24).…”

“…In relation to the recorded complications, eleven studies (13,15-17,19,21,23,26,28,30,31) registered biological complications. The latter were mainly related to a lack of implant osseointegration and infectious problems.…”