Early and Immediate Loading Protocols for Overdentures in Completely Edentulous Maxillas: A Comprehensive Review of Clinical Trials

Early and immediate loading protocols for overdentures in completely edentulous maxillas: a comprehensive review of clinical trials.

A comprehensive review was conducted to answer the question 'Does the immediate loading of dental implants with an overdenture in the maxilla provide predictable clinical and psychological outcomes?' Detailed search strategies were used to identify pertinent articles in English that were published between 1975 and August 2013 and indexed in PubMed, MEDLINE, Embase, The Cochrane Central Register...

Loading protocols for implant-supported overdentures in the edentulous jaw: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

PURPOSE High survival rates have frequently been reported for immediately loaded implants. The aim of this systematic review was to compare immediately loaded with early and conventional loaded implants for overdenture treatment with regard to their 1-year survival rates. MATERIALS AND METHODS Systematic database (Medline, Embase, CENTRAL) and hand searches were performed to identify prospect...

Implant Overdentures: Guidelines for Immediate Loading.

Immediate loading of four or six implants in completely edentulous patients.

In this retrospective study, 44 patients received screw-retained full-arch acrylic resin provisional prostheses connected on 4 or 6 implants in the mandible or maxilla, respectively. With a mean follow-up of 17.6 months, 3 of 205 implants were lost and replaced successfully. Cosmetic fractures were shown in six patients; one abutment loosening, one abutment fracture, and one implant fracture we...

Immediate occlusal loading of Osseotite implants in the completely edentulous mandible.

PURPOSE This article reports the preliminary data from a clinical study of immediately loaded, full-arch, screw-retained prosthesis with distal extensions (hybrid prosthesis) supported by Osseotite implants placed in the edentulous mandible. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fifteen patients who received 103 implants were enrolled in this study. The first 2 patients received both immediately loaded and s...