Journal
CLINICAL ORAL IMPLANTS RESEARCH
Volume 33, Issue 12, Pages 1224-1232Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/clr.14004
Keywords
alveolar bone loss; dental implants; marginal bone level; peri-implantitis; periodontitis
Funding
- Junta de Andalucia [CTS-1028, CTS-138, CTS-176]
- Universidad de Granada/CBUA
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the 5-year results of implants supporting fixed full-arch metal-ceramic restorations in patients who lost their teeth due to severe periodontal disease. The study found that the majority of implants with internal conical connection did not experience significant bone loss after 5 years. Abutment height and implant diameter were found to be associated with marginal bone level.
Purpose The aim of the present study was to evaluate the 5-year results in terms of marginal bone level (MBL) around implants supporting fixed full-arch metal-ceramic restorations in a series of cases of patients who had lost their teeth in that dental arch because of severe periodontal disease. Material and Methods A retrospective cohort study was designed to evaluate the 5-year MBL results of OsseoSpeed (TM) Astra Tech TX implants with internal tapered conical connection. Age, gender, bone substratum, smoking habits, history of periodontitis, and prosthetic features were recorded. Mixed linear model was used to determine the influence of the different variables on MBL. Results In this series, a total of 160 implants placed in 19 patients were evaluated. No implant failure was reported during the 5 years of follow-up. Only 14 (8.75%) implants had more than 2 mm of MBL. Abutment height, F(3,142) = 6.917, p < .001, and implant diameter, F(1,141) = 15.059, p < .001, were determined to be statistically associated with MBL. No other effect was significant. Pairwise comparisons showed that MBL was larger for abutment height = 1 (MBL = -0.987, SE = 0.186) compared with the remaining heights [-0.335 (0.171), -0.169 (0.192) and -0.247 (0.267), 2, 4 and 6 mm, respectively]. MBL was larger for narrow (-0.510, SE = 0.169) than for wide implants (-0.364, SE = 0.190). Conclusion The current study demonstrates that the vast majority of internal conical connection implants supporting fixed full-arch metal-ceramic restorations do not suffer from relevant MBL after 5 years in function. Particularly, those implants with transmucosal abutments longer than 2 mm show less than 0.5 mm from the implant shoulder to the marginal bone.
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