Comparing Titanium and Gold-Coated Abutment Screws for Immediate Loading of Dental Implants in Partially Edentulous Patients. Four-year post-loading results from a randomised controlled trial

Glibert, M., Christiaens, V., Ardans, M., Roelens, M., and Östman, P. (2023) Comparing Titanium and Gold-Coated Abutment Screws for Immediate Loading of Dental Implants in Partially Edentulous Patients. Four-year post-loading results from a randomised controlled trial. Journal of Osseointegration, 15 (4). pp. 243-248.

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Abstract

Aim: To compare the clinical outcome of titanium versus gold-coated abutment screws for immediately loaded implants in partially edentulous patients.

Materials and Methods: One-hundred implants inserted with a torque superior to 25 Ncm in 59 partially edentulous patients were randomly allocated to receive titanium (49 implants) or gold-coated abutment screws (51 implants). Implants could be placed also as immediate post-extractive implants and were loaded immediately with single screw-retained crowns, replaced after 4 months by definitive ones. Outcome measures were crown and implant failures, and peri-implant marginal bone loss.

Results: At four years after loading 49 patients remained in the study with 77 implants rehabilitated with 39 titanium and 38 implants with gold-coated abutment screws. No implant or crown failed. Peri-implant mean marginal bone loss from implant placement was 0.67 ± 1.30 mm at titanium screws and 0.46 ± 1.62 mm at gold-coated screws with no statistically significant differences between the two screw types (mean difference = 0.21 mm, 95%CI -0.46 to 0.88, p = 0.53).

Conclusions: Within the limitations of this study, it can be concluded that the type of implant-abutment screw does not significantly affect peri-implant crestal bone. In addition, immediate implant placement and loading seems to be viable treatment alternatives.

Item ID: 81410
Item Type: Article (Research - C1)
ISSN: 2036-4121
Keywords: abutment screw, dental implants, immediate loading
Copyright Information: Copyright © 2023 Ariesdue. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Date Deposited: 08 Mar 2024 06:13
FoR Codes: 32 BIOMEDICAL AND CLINICAL SCIENCES > 3203 Dentistry > 320306 Oral implantology @ 100%
SEO Codes: 20 HEALTH > 2001 Clinical health > 200105 Treatment of human diseases and conditions @ 100%
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