Biomechanics and Load Resistance of Short Dental Implants: A Review of the Literature

Table 1

Overview of the reviewed studies and the obtained survival rates.

Study	Number and length of implants	Restoration type	Study length	Survival rate
Rossi et al. [31]	40, 6 mm	Single crowns	2 years	95%
Arlin [32]	630, 6 mm	—	2 years	94%
Van Assche et al. [14]	36, 6 mm	Maxillary overdenture	2 years	99%
Anitua and Orive [28]	1,287, <8.5 mm	—	47.9–24.46 months	99.3%–98.8%
Misch et al. [35]	745, 7 and 9 mm	—	6 years	98.9%
Griffin and Cheung [8]	168, 6 and 8 mm	Single crowns and fixed partial dentures	68 months	100%
Pieri et al. [37]	61, 4 and 6 mm	Fixed partial dentures in mandible	2 years	96.8%