Immediate Versus Delayed Loading of Dental Implants in Edentulous Patients’ Maxillae: A 6-Year Prospective Study

Tilted versus axially placed dental implants: A meta-analysis

“…All studies but two 16,52 provided information of the patients' age, and none of them included non-adults patients. 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.…”

Immediately loaded non-submerged versus delayed loaded submerged dental implants: A meta-analysis

“…Only three of them were multi-centre studies. 15,19,21 Nine studies had a maximum follow-up of 12 months, 3,6,13,15,19,20,25,29,35 eight studies had a maximum follow-up ranging from 13 to 36 months, 12,14,16,17,[21][22][23][24] nine studies had a maximum follow-up ranging from 37 to 120 months, 18,[26][27][28][30][31][32]34,36 and one study had a follow-up of more than 10 years; 37 one study did not report the follow-up period. 33 Three studies did not report patient age.…”

“…6,12,13,15,17,19,[21][22][23][24]26,27,29,32,35,36 Ten studies inserted some of the implants in fresh extraction sockets, 17,22,25,26,28,29,32,34,36,37 whereas in another, all implants were inserted in fresh extraction sockets. 16 Four studies included only patients who received single-implant restorations 3,13-15 and two included only patients who received overdentures.…”

“…12,36 Some 14,33,36 or all 16 implant sites underwent grafting procedures in some studies. Seven studies included only edentulous patients, 12,18,19,21,24,27,33 five inserted implants only in the maxilla, 3,6,13,14,27 five studies inserted implants only in the mandible, 15,19,21,23,24 and one study only in the pterygomaxillary region using a stereolithographic surgical guide. 37 Some patients 17,26,32 or all patients 16,25 had periodontal disease in some studies.…”

“…15,20,23 The most commonly used implants were the Brånemark (Nobel Biocare, Göteborg, Sweden) in 13 studies, 6,12,17-19,21,24,30,32-34, 36,37 but not exclusively in five studies, 6,18,34,36,37 and the TiUnite (Nobel Biocare, Göteborg, Sweden) with an oxidized surface in nine studies. 6,[13][14][15][16]28,34,36,37 Ten studies reported whether there was a statistically significant difference or not in the implant failure rate between the procedures; 12,14,22,26,27,29,32,[34][35][36] four found a statistically significant difference favouring submerged implants. 26,32,35,36 Twelve studies provided information on the use of prophylactic antibiotics 6,12,15,16,19-23, 25,28,29 and nine studies about the use of chlorhexidine mouth rinse by the patients.…”