New Implant Surface Yields High Success Rates and Fast Loading
New Implant Surface Yields High Success Rates and Fast Loading An investigation to determine whether a new type of dental implant holds up as well under real world conditions as it does in controlled clinical trials confirms that the chemically
New Implant Surface Yields High Success Rates and Fast Loading
An investigation to determine whether a new type of dental implant holds up as well under real-world conditions as it does in controlled clinical trials confirms that the chemically-modified SLActive titanium surface achieved implant success rates of 98.2% and shortened restoration times compared to previous generations of the device.
In the study 276 SLActive chemically modified dental implants, manufactured by Strauman AG, Basel, Switzerland, were inserted among 218 patients. The study was conducted at 29 clinical centers in Italy and included subjects from ages 19 to 98 whose oral hygiene levels ranged from excellent to poor. Smokers were included in the study, as were subjects who had untreated gingivitis, periodontitis or bruxism. Most study subjects received a single implant and the doctors’ implant technique was not controlled.
Data gathered from the heterogeneous study population revealed a 98.2% survival rate among the chemically modified SLActive dental implant a year after insertion.
The figures were comparable to tests conducted on SLActive implants in 2006 under strict patient inclusion or exclusion criteria. The earlier tests demonstrated 98% survival rates in cases of immediate loading, and 97% in cases of early loading under clinically controlled conditions. SLActive implants used in this study reduced the “stability dip” after implant placement to only 2 weeks, compared to the 4-week interval associated with the earlier generation of SLA technology.
Authors of the most recent research, which was published in the August 2010 Journal of Oral Implantology, note that five implants failed in the trial, but point out all five were placed concomitantly with sinus augmentation, which may produce less successful results than implants placed in native bone. Furthermore, the researchers report that in the most recent test the majority of early loaded teeth were single teeth, “known to be more prone to failure than splinted restoration.”
Source: “A Noninterventional Study Documenting Use and Success of Implants With a New Chemically Modified Titanium Surface in Daily Dental Practice,” Giuseppe Luongo, MD, DDS; Giacomo Oteri, DDS, MD
