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Guided Surgery and Presurgical Prosthesis: Preliminary Results of 33 Fully Edentulous Maxillae Treated in Accordance with the NobelGuide® Protocol
Author(s) -
Gillot Luc,
Noharet Renaud,
Cannas Bernard
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
clinical implant dentistry and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.338
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1708-8208
pISSN - 1523-0899
DOI - 10.1111/j.1708-8208.2010.00236.x
Subject(s) - medicine , prosthesis , maxilla , dentistry , implant , survival rate , protocol (science) , dental prosthesis , surgery , orthodontics , alternative medicine , pathology
Objective: The aim of this study was to present the preliminary results of 33 edentulous maxillary patients treated using the Nobelguide® (Nobel Biocare AB, Göteborg, Sweden) technique. Materials and Methods: Thirty‐three patients were treated according to the conventional protocol of the Nobelguide® technique in two clinical centers. This group of patients received 211 implants. Monitoring was carried out for over 12–51 months, depending on the patient. The Nobelguide® protocol was used for all patients. Results: Of the 211 implants loaded, four were lost (1.9%). The implant survival rate was therefore 98.1%. The prosthetic survival rate was 100%. There were some per‐operative complications (four) and some postoperative complications (10 fractures of resin). Conclusion: These preliminary results seemed rather promising. These were the first cases of experienced surgeons who needed to learn a new implant placement protocol. It was clear that analysis and understanding of the system were essential in order to obtain such a success. Only one implant was replaced without there being any impact on the prosthesis survival rate which is 100%.