Author, year | Type of study | Total of inclusions | Groups | Clinical parameters | Outcomes | Results |
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Slot & al. 2014 | RCT (1 year follow-up) | N = 66 | Group A with 4 implants (n = 33) vs. group B with 6 implants (n = 33) | -Arch: maxilla and mandible for each patient; -Distal extension: no but mesial extension : 8 mm; -Material: titanium; - Cross-sectional shape: egg-shaped bar; -Width: 2.19 mm; -Distance bar/mucosa: 2 mm - Use of abutments: yes -Other informations: milled bar; two bars; splinted bar but unsplinted between the medial implants; | -Peri-implant bone level (long cone paralleling technique) -Plaque Index by Mombelli 1987 -Calculus index (0 or 1) -Peri-implant inflammation by Löe and Sillness 1963 -Bleeding Index: Mombelli 1987 -Probing Pocket Depths: 4 sites | -Mean of bone loss in group A: 0.35 (SD: 0.31) -Mean of bone loss in group B: 0.46 (SD: 0.34) -Plaque Index: group A = 0; group B = 0 -Calculus Index: group A = 0; group B = 0 -Gingival Index: group A = 0; group B = 0 -Bleeding Index: group A = 0; group B = 1 -Probing depth in mm: group A = 4.8; group B = 4.4 -Implant losses in group A = 0 -Implant losses in group B = 1 |
Gibreel & al. 2017 | RCT (1 year follow-up) | N = 60 | -Group A : with clips (n = 30) vs. group B : resilient liner (n = 30) | -Arch: maxilla -Distal extension: no; -Material: titanium; - Cross-sectional shape: round -Width: no information; -Distance bar/mucosa: no information; -Use of abutments : yes Other informations: two bars in the same jaw; gold clips or resilient soft liner; instant adjusted bar | - Modified Plaque Index by Mombelli 1987 -Modified Bleeding Index: Mombelli 1987 -Probing Pocket Depths: 4 sites | -Modified Plaque Index, - > anterior implants: group A = 0.88(0.043); group B = 0.12(0.01) -> Posterior implants: group A = 0.97(0.063); group B = 0.12(0.007) -Modified Bleeding Index, - > anterior implants: group A = 0.22(0.01); group B = 0.015(0.02) -> Posterior implants: group A = 0.27(0.01); group B = 0.019(0.03) -Probing Pocket Depths, - > anterior implants: group A = 1.91(0.073); group B = 0.63(0.056) -> Posterior implants: group A = 2.13(0.073); group B = 0.82(0.078) -2 implant failures in GI. |
Slot & al. 2019 | RCT (1 year follow-up) | N = 66 | Group A with 4 implants (n = 33) vs. group B with 6 implants (n = 33) | -Arch: maxilla and mandible for each patient; -Distal extension: no but mesial extension : 8 mm; -Material: titanium; - Cross-section shape: egg-shaped bar; -Width: 2.19 mm; -Distance bar/mucosa: 2 mm - Use of abutments: yes -Other informations: milled bar; two bars; splinted bar but unsplinted between the medial implants; | -Peri-implant bone level (long cone paralleling technique) -Plaque Index by Mombelli 1987 -Calculus index (0 or 1) -Peri-implant inflammation by Löe and Sillness 1963 -Bleeding Index: Mombelli 1987 -Probing Pocket Depths: 4 sites | -Mean of bone loss ->group A: 0.58(SD: 0.51) ->group B: 0.60(SD: 0.58) -Plaque Index: -> group A, 0 = 62.1%, 1 = 20.7%, 2 = 17.2%, 3 = 0 ->group B, 0 = 51.6%, 1 = 25.8%, 2 = 22.6%, 3 = 0 -Calculus Index: -> group A, 0 = 96.6%, 1 = 3.4% ->group B, 0 = 96.8%, 1 = 3.2% -Gingival index: -> group A, 0 = 48.3%, 1 = 41.4%, 2 = 10.3%, 3 = 0 ->group B, 0 = 54.8%, 1 = 41.9% 2 = 3.3%, 3 = 0 -Bleeding Index: -> group A, 0 = 51.7%, 1 = 37.9%, 2 = 10.4%, 3 = 0 ->group B, 0 = 38.7%, 1 = 41.9%, 2 = 19.4%, 3 = 0 -Probing depth in mm: group A = 4.3(1.0); group B = 4.2(0.8) -Implant losses in group A = 0 -Implant losses in group B = 1 |
Ibrahim et al. 2022 | RCT (1 year follow-up | N = 30 | Group A with 4 vertical implants (n = 15) Group B with 2 vertical anterior implants and 2 posterior implants tilted 30° distally (n = 15) | -Arch: mandible; -Distal extension: 7 mm; -Material: no information; - Cross-sectional shape: Hader bar; -Width: no information; -Distance bar/mucosa: 2 mm - Use of abutments: yes -Other informations: resin clips | -Peri-implant bone level (CBCT) -Plaque Index by Mombelli 1987 -Gingival Index by Mombelli 1987 -Probing Pocket Depths: 4 sites | For the anterior implants -Peri-implant bone level: For the anterior implants -> group A = 0.50 mm -> group B = 0.47 mm For the posterior implants -> group A = 0.90 mm -> group B = 0.45 mm -Plaque Index: For the anterior implants -> group A = 3 -> group B = 1 For the posterior implants -> group A = 1 -> group B = 0 -Gingival Index: For the anterior implants -> group A = 0 -> group B = 0 For the posterior implants -> group A = 0 -> group B = 1 -Probing Pocket Depths: For the anterior implants -> group A = 2.30 mm -> group B = 1.80 mm For the posterior implants -> group A = 1.85 mm -> group B = 1.56 mm |