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

Autor: Lisa Lang, Ronald G Verrett, Wendell A. Edgin, Lily T. Garcia, Ilser Turkyilmaz
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Clinical Implant Dentistry and Related Research. 16:248-258
ISSN: 1523-0899
Popis: Background Dental literature has limited number of publications regarding long-term outcome data of immediate restoration of single missing teeth with an implant-supported provisional crown. Purpose This 5-year study evaluated hard and soft tissue responses to the immediate placement of single implant-supported provisional crowns. Materials and Methods Twenty patients received one dental implant restored immediately with a provisional acrylic resin screw-retained crown. Crestal bone loss was evaluated from standardized periapical radiographs collected at 3-month intervals for the first 21 months followed by a 5-year evaluation. Historical controls acquired from available dental literature were used for comparison. Results One implant failed within 2 months of surgical placement, presenting with pain and mobility. The remaining implants demonstrated no infection, pain, or radiolucencies. Nineteen implants were clinically immobile, osseointegrated, and asymptomatic at 21 months. At 5 years, one patient died, three patients were noncompliant, and 15 implants were evaluated as functional. Mean bone loss (MBL) at 1 year and 21 months was approximately 0.5 ± 0.5 mm and 0.70 ± 0.26 mm at 5 years. There was no statistically significant difference between MBLs at p
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