A fixed reconstruction of fully edentulous patients with immediate function using an apically tapered implant design: a retrospective clinical study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Immediate function has become an accepted treatment modality for fixed restorations in completely edentulous jaws. It is known that implant microtopography (surface) may enhance osseointegration, while implant macrotopography (macrodesign) plays an important role in primary stability in the patient requiring an immediate loading. The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the clinical and radiographic outcomes of the edentulous subjects treated with narrow and/or regular diameter, which placed and loaded immediately.

Methods

Forty-two consecutive patients received 171 implants, including regular and narrow diameter implants (NDIs). Each jaw, 19 mandibles and 24 maxillae, was treated with a fixed-full arch prosthesis according to the Straumann® Pro Arch co

SUBMITTER: Eskan MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7680819 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature