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Review
. 2020 Jun 3;6(1):20.
doi: 10.1186/s40729-020-00217-7.

Marginal bone loss around oral implants supporting fixed versus removable prostheses: a systematic review

Babak E Saravi  1 , Maria Putz  2 , Sebastian Patzelt  2 , Amir Alkalak  2 , Sara Uelkuemen  2 , Martin Boeker  3
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Review

Marginal bone loss around oral implants supporting fixed versus removable prostheses: a systematic review

Babak E Saravi et al. Int J Implant Dent. .

Abstract

Aim: The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate and compare the marginal bone loss (MBL) around implants of fixed (FISP) versus removable implant-supported prosthesis (RISP).

Material and methods: This review was conducted according to the PRISMA guidelines. A systematic search of the literature on Web of Science and Ovid (MEDLINE) was conducted in March 2019 to identify randomized controlled trials/quasi-randomized trials, prospective and retrospective studies written in German and English. Two reviewers screened the identified papers for eligibility and performed an independent data extraction. The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale was used to evaluate the level of evidence of the included studies.

Results: The search resulted in 2577 studies, of which 42 were selected for full-text evaluation. Finally, six studies were included in qualitative analyses, reporting results from 248 participants (81 FISP versus 167 RISP). Five of the included studies were prospective and one study was retrospective. MBL was highest in the first year after implant placement and ranged from 0.17 ± 0.07 mm to 2.1 ± 1.6 mm in FISP and from 0.22 ± 0.55 mm to 2.5 ± 2.7 mm in RISP. After 4 years, there was no statistically significant difference between the groups; MBL ranged from 0.36 ± 0.22 mm to 1.5 mm in FISP and 0.56 ± 0.45 mm to 1.4 mm in RISP. Of the six included studies, two each were rated as good quality, fair quality, and poor quality.

Conclusion: Fixed and removable implant-supported prostheses seem to have similar long-term outcomes regarding marginal bone loss. However, the evidence provided in this systematic review is limited due to the poor quality of two of the included studies. Future studies with study designs specified to the topic of this review are necessary to provide clear information about marginal bone level alterations in modern implant therapy.

Keywords: Dentistry; Fixed prosthesis; Implant-supported; Marginal bone loss; Oral health; Overdenture; Removable prosthesis.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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PRISMA flow diagram of the screening and selection process. Reasons for exclusion are shown in Table 4
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Assessments of quality and risk of bias via the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale. For a better visualization, stars have been used to represent the scores in the categories
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