Use of short implants (6 mm) in a single-tooth replacement: a 5-year follow-up prospective randomized controlled multicenter clinical study

Rossi, Fabio; Botticelli, Daniele; Cesaretti, Gianfranco; De Santis, Enzo; Storelli, Stefano; Lang, Niklaus P

doi:10.1111/clr.12564

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Rossi, F., Botticelli, D., Cesaretti, G., De Santis, E., Storelli, S., & Lang, N. P. (2016). Use of short implants (6 mm) in a single-tooth replacement: a 5-year follow-up prospective randomized controlled multicenter clinical study. Clinical Oral Implants Research, 27(4), 458–464. https://doi.org/10.1111/clr.12564

Abstract

OBJECTIVE To evaluate prospectively clinical and radiographic outcomes of 6- or 10 mm-long implants with moderately rough surface (SLA(®) ) loaded within 7 weeks from installation and supporting single crowns in the posterior regions in the course of 5 years of loading. MATERIAL AND METHODS Sixty implants with a moderately rough surface, 30 tests (6 mm long, 4.1 mm in diameter) and 30 controls (10 mm long, 4.1 mm in diameter), were placed in posterior regions in 45 patients. After 6 weeks, impressions were taken and the implants we