Tiziano Testori1, Silvio Taschieri2, Fabio Scutellà3, Massimo Del Fabbro4. 1. Visiting Professor, Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy. 2. Academic Researcher, Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy. 3. Senior Lecturer, Lake Como Institute, Como, Italy. 4. Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, Research Centre for Oral Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To compare the long-term clinical and radiographic outcomes between immediate loading (IL) and conventional loading of implants placed immediately in fresh extraction sockets. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Demographic data, implant details, and periapical radiographs of patients were collected. The long-term marginal bone level remodeling and implant survival rate were calculated. RESULTS: Twenty-one patients (mean age 52.55 ± 14.61 years) with 35 implants immediately inserted into postextraction sites (22 immediate loaded and 13 delayed loaded) were analyzed. The mean follow-up duration was 6 years (range 2-11 years). The implant cumulative survival rate was 96.5%. At the longest follow-up, the mean crestal bone level averaged 0.144 ± 0.705 for IL and 0.161 ± 0.877 for delayed loading, respectively. The mean implant aesthetic score was 7. CONCLUSIONS: IL does not negatively influence the long-term prognosis of implants inserted into fresh extraction sockets.
PURPOSE: To compare the long-term clinical and radiographic outcomes between immediate loading (IL) and conventional loading of implants placed immediately in fresh extraction sockets. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Demographic data, implant details, and periapical radiographs of patients were collected. The long-term marginal bone level remodeling and implant survival rate were calculated. RESULTS: Twenty-one patients (mean age 52.55 ± 14.61 years) with 35 implants immediately inserted into postextraction sites (22 immediate loaded and 13 delayed loaded) were analyzed. The mean follow-up duration was 6 years (range 2-11 years). The implant cumulative survival rate was 96.5%. At the longest follow-up, the mean crestal bone level averaged 0.144 ± 0.705 for IL and 0.161 ± 0.877 for delayed loading, respectively. The mean implant aesthetic score was 7. CONCLUSIONS: IL does not negatively influence the long-term prognosis of implants inserted into fresh extraction sockets.