Clinical Outcome and Peri-implant Findings of Four-Implant–Supported Distal Cantilevered Fixed Mandibular Prostheses: Five-Year Results

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Tilted versus axially placed dental implants: A meta-analysis

“…Some patients in thirty-three studies 1, 3,7,8,14,15,17,18,[20][21][22][23][24][25][27][28][29][30][32][33][34]36,[40][41][42][44][45][46][47][48][49]51,52 were smokers. Five studies 16,42,44,46,49 reported the presence of bruxers among the patients, and six studies 1, 28,42,46,48,49 the presence of diabetic patients. In twelve studies [17][18][19]21,22,27,32,34,36,…”

“…In twenty-three studies 1, 3,8,16,18,21,22,[24][25][26][27][28]30,31,35,39,42,45,46,[48][49][50]52 the patients were exclusively rehabilitated with fixed full-arch prostheses receiving 2 distal tilted implants and 2 mesial axially placed implants. Patients were submitted to grafting procedures at the implant site in only two studies.…”

“…Seventeen studies 3,7,14,17,19,20,23,29,32,33,36,37,39,45,47,49,51 exclusively evaluated implants inserted in maxillae, and exclusively evaluated implants inserted in mandibles in eleven studies. 1, 18,21,28,30,31,42,44,46,48,50 Implants were not immediately loaded in eight studies 7,13,37,38,43,47,48,51 In one study 36 some implants were immediately or delayed loaded, and another study 41 did not provide information about the healing/loading time. Twenty-three studies 8,13,[15][16][17]20,21,23,25,26,31,33,37,…”

“…Eight studies 1, 25,38,[42][43][44][45]52 did not provide information about the marginal bone loss. Of the thirty-six studies providing this information, twenty-five 7,8,14,15,[17][18][19][20][21]23,24,[26][27][28][29][30][32][33][34][35]41,[47][48][49]51 informed of the marginal bone loss of tilted and axially placed implants separately; one of these studies 26 did not report how many implants were evaluated in each group.…”

Effect of Static Magnetic Fields on the Osseointegration of Immediately Placed Implants

“…[1][2][3][4] According to the classic treatment protocol proposed by Brånemark, 3 months of soft and hard tissue healing after tooth extraction and a subsequent 3 to 6 months of load-free period after implant placement are required for implant osseointegration. 5,6 Despite the high clinical success rate of dental implants, this time-consuming protocol leads to almost 1 year of reduced life quality, which may affect the decision for dental implant rehabilitation.…”