Tomas Linkevicius1,2, Rokas Linkevicius3, Jonas Alkimavicius4, Laura Linkeviciene1, Paulius Andrijauskas1, Algirdas Puisys5. 1. Institute of Odontology, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania. 2. Vilnius Research Group, Vilnius, Lithuania. 3. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania. 4. Department of Dental and Oral Pathology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania. 5. Vilnius Implantology Center, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate how vertical mucosal tissue thickness affects crestal bone stability around triangular-shaped bone-level implants, restored with low profile titanium bases and monolithic lithium disilicate restorations. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Fifty-five bone-level implants of 4.3 mm diameter were evaluated in 55 patients (22 males and 34 females, mean age 48.3± 3.4 years) in prospective cohort study. According to vertical mucosal thickness, patients were assigned into three groups: 1 (thin, 2 mm or less), 2 (medium, 2.5 mm) and 3 (thick, 3 mm and more). Implants were placed in posterior mandible and maxilla in one-stage approach and, after integration, were restored with single screw-retained monolithic lithium disilicate crowns, using low gingival profile titanium bases. Radiographic examination was performed after implant placement and after 1-year follow-up. Crestal bone loss was registered mesially and distally, and mean value was calculated. One-way ANOVA and Tukey's HSD tests were applied; significance was set to 0.05. RESULTS:Mean vertical tissue thickness in 1 group was 1.76 ± 0.26 mm, 2 group-2.5 mm and 3.91 ± 0.59 mm in group 3, with statistically significant difference between all groups (p < 0.001). After 1-year follow-up, implants in group 1 (thin) had 1.25 ± 0.8 mm bone loss. Implants in group 2 (medium) had 0.98 ± 0.06, while implants in group 3 (thick) lost 0.43 ± 0.37 mm of crestal bone. Tukey's HSD test showed that differences between 1/3 and 2/3 were statistically significant (p < 0.001 and p = 0.0014, respectively), while between 1 and 2 was not significant (p = 0.310). CONCLUSIONS: Significantly less bone loss occurs around triangular-shaped bone-level implants in thick mucosal tissues (≥3 mm), compared to medium or thin tissue biotype. Crestal bone loss did not differ between medium and thin tissues.
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate how vertical mucosal tissue thickness affects crestal bone stability around triangular-shaped bone-level implants, restored with low profile titanium bases and monolithic lithiumdisilicate restorations. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Fifty-five bone-level implants of 4.3 mm diameter were evaluated in 55 patients (22 males and 34 females, mean age 48.3 ± 3.4 years) in prospective cohort study. According to vertical mucosal thickness, patients were assigned into three groups: 1 (thin, 2 mm or less), 2 (medium, 2.5 mm) and 3 (thick, 3 mm and more). Implants were placed in posterior mandible and maxilla in one-stage approach and, after integration, were restored with single screw-retained monolithic lithiumdisilicate crowns, using low gingival profile titanium bases. Radiographic examination was performed after implant placement and after 1-year follow-up. Crestal bone loss was registered mesially and distally, and mean value was calculated. One-way ANOVA and Tukey's HSD tests were applied; significance was set to 0.05. RESULTS: Mean vertical tissue thickness in 1 group was 1.76 ± 0.26 mm, 2 group-2.5 mm and 3.91 ± 0.59 mm in group 3, with statistically significant difference between all groups (p < 0.001). After 1-year follow-up, implants in group 1 (thin) had 1.25 ± 0.8 mm bone loss. Implants in group 2 (medium) had 0.98 ± 0.06, while implants in group 3 (thick) lost 0.43 ± 0.37 mm of crestal bone. Tukey's HSD test showed that differences between 1/3 and 2/3 were statistically significant (p < 0.001 and p = 0.0014, respectively), while between 1 and 2 was not significant (p = 0.310). CONCLUSIONS: Significantly less bone loss occurs around triangular-shaped bone-level implants in thick mucosal tissues (≥3 mm), compared to medium or thin tissue biotype. Crestal bone loss did not differ between medium and thin tissues.