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SUBMITTER: Vercellotti T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7602171 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vercellotti Tomaso T Troiano Giuseppe G Oreglia Francesco F Lombardi Teresa T Gregorig Gianluca G Morella Emanuele E Rapani Antonio A Stacchi Claudio C
Journal of clinical medicine 20201014 10
The present study aims to investigate clinical and patient-centered outcomes after the implant-supported rehabilitation of narrow ridges using a novel wedge-shaped implant. Forty-four patients were treated with the insertion of 59 tissue-level wedge implants (1.8 mm bucco-lingual width) in horizontally atrophic ridges (mean bone width 3.8 ± 0.4 mm). The main outcome measures were: implant stability quotient (ISQ), marginal bone loss (MBL) and patient morbidity. Fifty-eight implants were function ...[more]