Clinical Study

Fixed Dental Prosthesis on 4.2 mm Length Rough Implants: A Case Series Report after an Average Loading Time of 33 Months

Table 1

Line 5: bone resorption (mesial and distal measurements) around each implant; line 4: time of loading goes from 54 months (implants numbers 1 and 2) up to 22 months (implants numbers 10 and 11). Lines 1 and 2: implants are located in intermediate (Int., number 3-4-7-8), mesial (Mes., number 10), and distal (Dis., number 1-2-5-6-9) positions; one implant is a single-unit implant (S, number 11). Line 3: element(s) with which the extrashort implants are directly connected: implant (I), natural tooth (T), or both (I + T); in those cases, the teeth are always located distally. Line 6: C/I ratio: crown-to-implant ratio; measurement concerns the anatomic ratio (fulcrum located at the implant shoulder). Line 7: pocket depth: mean pocket depths around the ESI (test group, in bold) or around the contralateral teeth or implants (control group, in italic).

Line 1
Number and position of each implant
1 Dis.2 Dis.3 Int.4 Int.5 Dis.6 Dis.7 Int.8 Int.9 Dis.10 Mes.11 S

Line 2
Localisation of each implant
2627252617271627264535

Line 3
Connection with implant (I), natural tooth (T), or both (I + T)
III + TI + TIII + TI + TITNonsplinted

Line 4
Time of loading (months)
5454333326263029292222

Line 5
Bone resorption (mm)
 Mes.0000000000.80
 Dist.0000.8001.60.8000

Line 6
C/I ratio
2.071.732.141.963.43.573.132.512.951.582.92

Line 7
Pocket depth (mm)
 Test2.832.833.6643.54.56.332.8332.662.83
 Control3.333.833.333.164.6644.333.164.162.663