The trial is designed as a consecutive enrollment prospective one-center study. A minimum of 30 patients will be included in the study. At implant installation, the implant will be randomized to one of the groups (Control: conventional loading, 8 weeks; Test: early loading, 4 weeks). Samples of peri-implant crevicular fluid (PICF) and intrasulcular plaque will be collected at -14, 0 (Baseline: prosthesis delivery), 7 days and 1, 3, 6, 12 months. Prosthesis will be fabricated and delivered as usual, i.e., approximately two weeks after the impressions are taken.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
34
The procedure in this group will consist on placing implant-supported restorations over the implants placed 4 weeks earlier. The device (dental implant) is of the same type in both groups.
The procedure in this group will consist on placing implant-supported restorations over the implants placed 8 weeks earlier. The device (dental implant) is of the same type in both groups.
Facultad de Odontología
Granada, Spain
Clinical success of B+-treated dental implants after conventional or early loading protocol as described by the International Congress of Oral Implantologists, Pisa Consensus Conference, 2007
Time frame: 12 months
Change in marginal bone level around B+-treated implants after conventional or early loading protocol
Time frame: 0 (Baseline: prosthesis delivery), 3, 6, and 12 months
Change in inflammatory markers in peri-implant crevicular fluid around B+-treated implants after conventional or early loading protocol
Time frame: -14, 0 (Baseline: prosthesis delivery), 7 days and 1, 3, 6, 12 months
Change in the microbiological profile around B+-treated implants after conventional or early loading protocol
Time frame: -14 (before impressions), 0 (Baseline: prosthesis delivery), 7 days and 1, 3, 6, 12 months
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