Dental implants have revolutionized oral rehabilitation for partially edentulous patients. Recent advances in implant design and surface treatments have prompted the investigation of early loading methods, which aim to minimize treatment time while maintaining success rates.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
22
Early Loading at 4 weeks, a screw-retained definitive restoration was delivered using standard prosthetic procedures.
Conventional Delayed Loading at 24 weeks, the definitive restoration was delivered using standard prosthetic procedures.
Outpatient Clinic of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University, Egypt
Alexandria, Azarita, Egypt
Change in implant stability
Ostell device was used for implant stability assessment.
Time frame: baseline, 2 ,4 ,12 ,24 weeks
Change in bone gain
amount of marginal bone resorption measured mesially and distally from the implant-abutment junction to the first bone-to-implant contact using digital image analysis software
Time frame: 12 and 24-weeks
Change in density
CBCT is used for bone density assessmnet
Time frame: 12 and 24-weeks
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