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JOURNAL OF PERIODONTOLOGY
Volume 82, Issue 3, Pages 342-349Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1902/jop.2010.100408
Keywords
Bone graft; bone regeneration; clinical trial; dental implant; early placement; gingival recession; implants; bone-level
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- Universities of Bern and Geneva
- Institute Straumann, Basel, Switzerland
- Institute Straumann
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Background: Early implant placement is one of the treatment options after tooth extraction. Implant surgery is performed after a healing period of 4 to 8 weeks and combined with a simultaneous contour augmentation using the guided bone regeneration technique to rebuild stable esthetic facial hard- and soft-tissue contours. Methods: In this prospective study, 20 patients were treated with an implant-born single crown and followed for 3 years. Clinical, radiologic, and esthetic parameters were recorded to assess treatment outcomes. Results: At the 3-year examination, all 20 implants were successfully integrated, demonstrating ankylotic stability and healthy pen-implant soft tissues as documented by standard clinical parameters. Esthetic outcomes were assessed by the pink esthetic score (PES) and white esthetic score (WES) and confirmed pleasing results overall. WES values were slightly superior to PES values. Periapical radiographs showed minimal crestal bone loss around used bone-level implants with a mean bone loss of 0.18 mm at 3 years. Only two implants revealed bone loss between 0.5 and 1.0 mm. One of these implants had minor mucosal recession <1.0 mm. Conclusions: This prospective study evaluates the concept of early implant placement and demonstrated successful tissue integration for all 20 implants and stable bone-crest levels around implant abutment interfaces according to the platform-switching concept. The midterm 3-year follow-up revealed pleasing esthetic outcomes and stable facial soft tissues. The risk of mucosal recession was low, with only one patient showing minor recession of the facial mucosa. These encouraging results need to be confirmed with a 5-year follow-up examination. J Periodontol 2011;82:342-349.
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