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Prosthetic treatment of maxillary lateral incisor agenesis with osseointegrated implants: a 24–39‐month prospective clinical study
Author(s) -
Zarone Fernando,
Sorrentino Roberto,
Vaccaro Francesco,
Russo Simona
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
clinical oral implants research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.407
H-Index - 161
eISSN - 1600-0501
pISSN - 0905-7161
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0501.2005.01188.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dentistry , maxillary lateral incisor , implant , agenesis , osseointegration , resorption , incisor , bone resorption , orthodontics , analysis of variance , maxillary central incisor , surgery , pathology
Objectives: The present study aimed at evaluating the marginal bone resorption and the peri‐implant tissue conditions around Narrow‐Neck ITI implants in the implant–prosthetic treatment of the agenesis of maxillary lateral incisors. Material and methods: Thirty patients affected by monolateral or bilateral agenesis of the maxillary lateral incisors were selected. Thirty‐four ITI‐SLA Narrow Neck implants were inserted and loaded about 4 months after the surgical procedure. The final restorations were realized using Aureo Galvan Crowns veneered with feldspathic ceramics. The follow‐up period ranged from 24 to 39 months. Both marginal bone resorption and soft tissue quality were evaluated. The data were statistically analysed using analysis of variance (ANOVA) for repeated measures, one‐way ANOVA and Tukey's post hoc test ( P =0.05). Results: During the 24–39‐month follow‐up period, no implant showed either pain and sensitivity or mobility. After 39 months of functional loading, a cumulative survival rate of 97.06% and a cumulative success rate of 94.12% were calculated. Conclusions: In case of maxillary lateral incisor agenesis, the implant–prosthetic approach has proved to be a reliable and predictable treatment for both re‐establishment of function and aesthetics. Satisfactory values of marginal bone resorption over time and optimal conditions of peri‐implant tissue around Narrow‐Neck ITI implants were found.