RevitaliZe Patient Solutions: preliminary results from a single cohort prospective study using Screw-Vent TSVT implants

ANNO 30 • NUMERO 1bis • 2014 * DDS, Private Practice Modena and Sassuolo Assistant Professor Modena University. ** DMD, Private Practice Atlanta, GA. Asst Clinical Professor of Periodontology Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA USA. *** DDS, Private Practice Modena and Sassuolo, Italy. **** DDM, Private Practice, Atlanta, GA, Asst. Clinical Professor of Periodontology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta. ***** DDS, M.S., PhD, Professor and director of Implant Periodontal Prosthodontics, Department of Periodontics, University of Maryland schoolf of dentistry, Professor, department of Prosthodontics, Albert Ludwigs University, Freiburg, Germany. ****** DDS, PhD, Research Associate, department of Periodontics, University of Maryland School fo Dentistry, Baltimore, MD, Usa. Purpose: The aim of this paper was to report preliminary results from a cohort of subjects treated with the RevitaliZe Patient Solutions approach. Clinical and radiographic results of axial and tilted implants up to fourteen months of loading are presented. Material and Methods: From September 2011 to May 2012, 7 patients were recruited and treated with a metal reinforced fixed full-arch prosthesis screw-retained over two axial and two tiled implants within 24 hours from the surgery. Final restorations were placed 6 months later. Follow-up visits were scheduled every 6 months and radiographic evaluation of peri-implant bone level changes was conducted. Results: Seven patients (5 females and 2 males) were followed up for an average of 11,88 months (range 8-16 months). Five subjects received implant treatment in both arches, resulting in 12 restorations. A total of 48 fixtures (Zimmer Screw-Vent TSVT) were placed and no failure was reported during the follow-up period, leading to 100% implant and prosthetic survival rates. Radiographic analysis after 6 months of loading was conducted for all prostheses. No significant difference in marginal bone loss was found between tilted and axial implants in both jaws. Conclusions: The present preliminary data suggests that immediate loading with RevitaliZe Patient Solutions could be considered a predictable and costand timeeffective approach for the treatment of total edentulism.