Patient’s perception of timing concepts in implant dentistry: A systematic review

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Protocols for implant dentistry, most frequently include periods until healing of the extraction sockets and osseointegration of the implant. Deductional thinking imply that patients would prefer if treatment time in implant dentistry were reduced. Aim: What is the patient perception of immediate or early implant placement or loading in comparison with traditional, delayed placement, and/or loading assessed by patient-reported outcome measures, as evidenced in randomized controlled clinical trials or prospective controlled studies?. Material and methods: A systematic review was performed following the PRISMA guidelines with a literature search up to June 30. All hits were imported into Rayyan online software and analyzed by two authors for eligibility. Cochrane RoB2.0 and Newcastle-Ottawa Scale were used to evaluate risk of bias in the individual studies. Results: Of the initially 1439 articles, 76 underwent full-text analysis and finally 40 articles, representing 35 cohort studies, were included. The quality evaluation demonstrated some concerns among most of the studies. Conclusion: a) There is no strong evidence to support that the time for implant placement or loading of implant-supported single or short-span reconstructions or overdentures influence patients´ discomfort, satisfaction with function or esthetics or overall satisfaction with the implant treatment. b) There is some evidence that studies including edentulous patients rehabilitated with implant-supported full-arch FDPs demonstrate more satisfied patients with immediate than for the early or delayed loaded implant reconstructions after short time, but the difference is not clear one year after treatment.

Original languageEnglish
JournalClinical Oral Implants Research
Volume32
Issue numberS21
Pages (from-to)67-84
Number of pages18
ISSN0905-7161
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021
EventThe 6th EAO Consensus Conference -
Duration: 10 Feb 202112 Feb 2021

Conference

ConferenceThe 6th EAO Consensus Conference
Period10/02/202112/02/2021

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    Research areas

  • immediate loading, immediate placement, patient-reported outcome measures

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