24 patients with missing premolar teeth and healed sockets will be recruited. They will be randomized into two groups to supplied with tissue-level (n=12) or bone-level (n=12) 10-mm long 4-mm wide zirconia implants. Primary and secondary stabilities will be measured with International Stability Quotient (ISQ) device. After 3 months, ceramic crowns will be supplied. Implant survival rates and parameters in relation to periimplant soft-tissues and bone health and anatomy will be recorded and evaluated after 1, 3 and 5 years.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
24
Dental implants produced from zirconia material, either wit tissue-level or bone-level platform.
University Medical Centre
Ljubljana, Slovenia
RECRUITINGCrestal bone loss (mm)
Loss of marginal bone in mm
Time frame: baseline, 1-year, 3-years, 5 years
Probing depth (mm)
Probing pocket depth measured with periodontal probe
Time frame: baseline, 1-year, 3-years, 5 years
Bleeding on probing (BOP)
Bleeding provoked by probing
Time frame: baseline, 1-year, 3-years, 5 years
Volumetric tissue change
Sequential intraoral scanning
Time frame: 1-year, 3-years, 5 years
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