Review Article
Use of Narrow-Diameter Implants in Completely Edentulous Patients as a Prosthetic Option: A Systematic Review of the Literature
Table 4
Included papers with characteristics.
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| Author | Year | Study type | Study type 2 | Follow-up mean (range) | Surgical intervention (surgical guide) | Implant system | Implant type | Abutments |
| Abbas H. et al. | 2017 | Prospective | Case series | 4 years (nr) | Flapless (nr) | Implasa Höchests | Two pieces | Ball attachments | Aunmeungtong W. et al. | 2016 | Prospective | rct | 1 year (nr) | Flapless (lab template) | pw plus | Two pieces | Equator | El-Sheikh AM et al. | 2012 | Prospective | Case series | 2 years (nr) | Flap (nr) | Straumann | Two pieces | Locator abutment | Jawad S. et al. | 2017 | Prospective | rct | 6 months (nr) | Flap (nr) | Astra | Two pieces | Ball attachments | Ma et al. | 2016 | Prospective | rct | 7.6 years (1-10 years) | Flap (nr) | Nobel/southern | Two pieces | Ball attachments/u shape bar | Marcello-Machado et al. | 2018 | Prospective | Cohort | 1 year (1 year) | Flap (nr) | Neodent | Two pieces | Equator | Morneburg | 2008 | Prospective | Cohort | 6 years (1-9 years) | Flapless (lab template) | Microplant, Komet Brasseler Group | Two pieces | Magnetic/o-ring | Müller F. et al. | 2015 | Prospective | rct | 5 years (3-6 years) | nr | Straumann | Two pieces | Locator abutment | Zweers et al. | 2013 | Retrospective | Cohort | 3 years (nr) | Flap (lab template) | Straumann | Two pieces | Ball/locator |
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| Patient age—mean (restored arch) | Initial of patients ( at the end of follow-up) | Initial of rehabilitations ( of rehabilitations at the end of follow-up) | Initial of implants ( of implants at the end of follow-up) | Implant diameter (implant length) | Loading | Prosthesis type |
| 53.5 (mandible) | 12 (12) | 12 (12) | 24 (24) | 3.2 mm (11.5 mm) | Immediate <7 days and conventional | 12 ovd on 2 implants | 67.92 (mandible) | 40 (40) | 40 (40) | 120 (120) | 3 mm (12 mm) | Immediate <7 days | 20 ovd on 2 implants; 20 ov on 4 implants | 60.4 (mandible) | 20 (20) | 20 (20) | 50 (50) | 3.3 mm (10/12/14 mm) | Early 1-3 months | 10 ovd on 2 implants/10 ov on 3 implants | 68.5 (mandible) | 24 (22) | 24 (24) | 48 (44) | 3 mm (11 mm) | Early 1-3 months | ovd su 2 implants | 64 (maxilla and mandible) | 39 (23) | 39 (23) | 117 (69) | 3.3 mm/3.25 mm (10/11.5/13/15 mm) | Conventional >3 months | ovd on 2 implants (mandible); old on 3 implants with bar or ball att. (maxilla) | 67.5 (mandible) | 30 (30) | 30 (20) | 60 (50) | 2.9 mm (10 mm) | 3 months | ovd on 2 implants | 69 (mandible) | 67 (61) | 67 (61) | 134 (122) | 2.5 mm (09/12/15 mm) | Conventional >3 months | ovd on 2 implants | (mandible) | 91 (47) | 91 (47) | 182 (94) | 3.3 mm (8/10/12/14 mm) | Early 1-3 months | ovd on 2 implants | 69 (mandible) | 75 (75) | 75 (75) | 150 (150) | 3.3 mm (8/10/12/14 mm) | Early 1-3 months | ovd on 2 implants |
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