Fernandez, R;
Penarrocha Oltra, D;
Penarrocha Diago, M;
Buti, J;
Esposito, M;
Xhanari, E;
(2020)
Natural or Palatal Positioning of Immediate Post-extraction Implants in the Aesthetic Zone? Five-year Outcomes of a Multicentre Randomised Controlled Trial.
Clinical Trials in Dentistry
, 02
(01)
, Article 59. 10.36130/ctd.02.2020.05.
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Abstract
PURPOSE. To evaluate whether there is a difference in aesthetic outcomes when positioning immediate post-extractive implants in the “central” position (where the natural tooth would be in relation to adjacent teeth/implants) as opposed to roughly 3 mm more pala-tally. MATERIALS AND METHODS. Just after tooth extraction, 20 patients requiring one single immediate maxillary post-extraction implant, from second premolar to second premolar, were randomly allocated to receive one implant positioned in either the natural “central” position (central group; 10 patients), or about 3 mm more palatally (palatal group; 10 pa-tients) according to a parallel-group design at two different centres. When needed, sites were reconstructed, and bone-to-implant gaps were filled with granules of anorganic bovine bone and covered by resorbable collagen barriers. Implants were left submerged for 4 months and rehabilitated with provisional crowns, replaced after 4 months by definitive metal-ceramic crowns. Patients were followed up to 5 years after loading. Outcome measures were: crown and implant failures; complications; aesthetics, assessed using the pink aesthetic score (PES); peri-implant marginal bone level changes; and patient satisfaction, recorded by blinded assessors. RESULTS. Three patients from each group dropped out within 3 years after loading. Five years after loading, there were no significant differences between the two groups in median PES score, assessed by a blind assessor, (central: 10 [IQR: 5.5], palatal: 8.5 [IQR: 6.75], median difference =-1.0; 95% CI:-7.0 to 4.0; P = 0.571); median bone level (central: 0.45 mm [IQR: 1.76], palatal: 0.45 mm [IQR: 1.93], median difference = 0 mm; 95% CI:-1.7 to 3.0; P = 1.000); bone level changes (central: 0.15 mm [IQR: 0.70], palatal:-0.05 mm [IQR: 1.23], median difference =-0.20 mm; P = 0.471); implant failures (one in each group, 14%, difference in proportion = 0.00; 95% CI:-0.39 to 0.39; P = 1.000); or complications (two palatal group patients and one central group patient, difference in proportion = 0.14; 95% CI:-0.28 to 0.52; P = 1.000). Furthermore, patients from both groups were equally satisfied with both function and aesthetics (both P = 0.699). CONCLUSIONS. These preliminary results suggest that positioning of immediate post-ex-traction implants 3 mm more palatally may not, in fact, improve aesthetics; however, the sample size of the present study was very limited, and larger trials are therefore required to confirm or refute these findings.
Type: | Article |
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Title: | Natural or Palatal Positioning of Immediate Post-extraction Implants in the Aesthetic Zone? Five-year Outcomes of a Multicentre Randomised Controlled Trial |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
DOI: | 10.36130/ctd.02.2020.05 |
Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.36130/CTD.02.2020.05 |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
Keywords: | immediate, delayed, post-extraction implants |
UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Eastman Dental Institute > Restorative Dental Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Eastman Dental Institute |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10157500 |
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