Radiological Outcomes of Bone-Level and Tissue-Level Dental Implants: Systematic Review

Saverio Cosola, Simone Marconcini, Michela Boccuzzi, Giovanni Battista Menchini Fabris, Ugo Covani, Miguel Peñarrocha-Diago and David Peñarrocha-Oltra
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Saverio Cosola: Oral Surgery Unit, Department of Stomatology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Valencia, 13, 46010 Valencia, Spain
Simone Marconcini: Tuscan Stomatologic Institute, via Aurelia, 335, 55041 Lido di Camaiore, Italy
Michela Boccuzzi: Tuscan Stomatologic Institute, via Aurelia, 335, 55041 Lido di Camaiore, Italy
Giovanni Battista Menchini Fabris: Tuscan Stomatologic Institute, via Aurelia, 335, 55041 Lido di Camaiore, Italy
Ugo Covani: Tuscan Stomatologic Institute, via Aurelia, 335, 55041 Lido di Camaiore, Italy
Miguel Peñarrocha-Diago: Oral Surgery Unit, Department of Stomatology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Valencia, 13, 46010 Valencia, Spain
David Peñarrocha-Oltra: Oral Surgery Unit, Department of Stomatology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Valencia, 13, 46010 Valencia, Spain

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 18, 1-20

Abstract: Background : to assess the radiological marginal bone loss between bone-level or tissue-level dental implants through a systematic review of literature until September 2019. Methods : MEDLINE, Embase and other database were searched by two independent authors including only English articles. Results : The search provided 1028 records and, after removing the duplicates through titles and abstracts screening, 45 full-text articles were assessed for eligibility. For qualitative analysis 20 articles were included, 17 articles of them for quantitative analysis counting a total of 1161 patients (mean age 54.4 years) and 2933 implants, 1427 inserted at Tissue-level (TL) and 1506 inserted at Bone-level (BL). The survival rate and the success rate were more than 90%, except for 2 studies with a success rate of 88% and 86.2%. No studies reported any differences between groups in term of success and survival rates. Three studies showed that BL-implants had statistically less marginal bone loss ( p < 0.05). Only one study reported statistically less marginal bone loss in TL-implants ( p < 0.05). Conclusion : In the most part of the studies, differences between implant types in marginal bone loss were not statistically significant after a variable period of follow-up ranged between 1 and 5 years.

Keywords: tissue-level; bone-level; dental implants; transmucosal; marginal bone loss; systematic review (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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