Evaluation of Single‐Tooth Implants in the Second Molar Region: A 5‐Year Life‐Table Analysis of a Retrospective Study

Abstract

Within the limitations of the study, the placement of single-tooth implants in the second molar region was an effective and reliable treatment modality. Also, associated factors such as implant diameter, length, and location (the maxilla versus the mandible) may not have an impact on the long-term success of implants.

Immediate Restoration of Single Tapered Implants with Nonoccluding Provisional Crowns: A 5‐Year Clinical Prospective Study

“…The dropout rate fluctuates in the earlier studies. The dropout rates were 34.8 and 54.7% after 5 years in studies by Wolfinger and colleagues and Koo and colleagues, respectively. The dropout rate for this study had been anticipated to be 20% with a dropout rate of 35% still providing a sufficient sample size to determine clinically significant differences in the proposed experimental variables based on a power analysis.…”

“…At the latest follow‐up appointment, the mean mesial and distal marginal bone losses were 0.72 and 0.62 mm. Koo and colleagues aimed to evaluate the 1‐ to 5‐year CSR for single‐tooth implants placed in the second molar region and the effects of associated factors. Four hundred eighty‐nine patients (two hundred ninety‐eight males and one hundred ninety‐one females) were treated with single‐tooth implants in the second molar region (two hundred twenty‐seven maxillary implants and two hundred ninety‐four mandibular implants; total: five hundred twenty‐one implants).…”

“…The replacement of single missing teeth with implant‐supported crowns may be indicated in situations where adjacent teeth are intact and healthy, where adjacent teeth are periodontally compromised and incapable of serving as prosthetic abutments, or where esthetic demands cannot be met with conventional restorative approaches. Clinical studies for single implant restorations indicate high success rates …”

A randomized, 12-month controlled trial to evaluate non-inferiority of early compared to conventional loading of modSLA implants in single tooth gaps

“…Long-term survival rates for single-tooth implants have been shown to be greater than those for tooth-supported restorations, e.g., fixed partial dentures (FPDs) [7, 8]. Good long-term survival rates have also been observed in the posterior regions of the jaws, i.e., in premolar and molar regions [1, 9, 10]. …”

Análise das tensões geradas por implantes curtos e convencionais reabilitados com próteses fixas unidas e isoladas, por meio do método de correlação de imagem digital

“…O uso de próteses suportadas por implantes aumentou consideravelmente nos últimos anos como resposta às crescentes pesquisas sobre os mecanismos biológicos da osseointegração (Bordereau;Bordereau, 1998;Misch et al, 2006) e, na maioria das vezes, é o tratamento de escolha na reabilitação de pacientes desdentados totais e parciais (Misch et al, 2006;Celik;Uludag, 2007;Srinivasan;Padmanabhan, 2008;Koo et al, 2010).…”