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. 2016 Dec;2(1):22.
doi: 10.1186/s40729-016-0057-z. Epub 2016 Nov 23.

To what extent residual alveolar ridge can be preserved by implant? A systematic review

Ahmed Khalifa Khalifa  1   2 , Masahiro Wada  3 , Kazunori Ikebe  2 , Yoshinobu Maeda  2
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Review

To what extent residual alveolar ridge can be preserved by implant? A systematic review

Ahmed Khalifa Khalifa et al. Int J Implant Dent. 2016 Dec.

Abstract

Background: It has been reported that the load for (or to) implant-supported restoration may lead to bone remodeling as bone resorption and/or formation. While many authors supported the process of bone resorption, others elaborated bone apposition and increasing bone density close and remote to implant body (or fixture). This may suggest the role of the implant to reserve alveolar ridge from physiologic/pathologic resorption. The aim of this systematic review was to predict to how extend dental implants can preserve the residual alveolar ridge based on previous clinical investigations.

Methods: This systematic review based on the retrospective and prospective studies, randomized clinical trial, and case reports. The process of searching for proposed articles included PubMed, Ovid, and Web of Science databases, with specific inclusion and exclusion criterion.

Results: A total 2139 citations were identified. After expunging the repeated articles between databases and application of exclusion and inclusion criteria, 18 articles were found to meet the topic of this systematic review. Many of the articles reported bone preservation with implant-assisted restorations, and the rest denoted noticeable bone apposition.

Conclusion: According to the published clinical studies, the behavior of bone remodeling around implant predicts a sort of residual alveolar bone preservation.

Keywords: Alveolar bone remodeling; Dental implants; Ridge preserving.

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The final articles (n = 18) were selected according to the previous exclusion and inclusion criteria
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