Effect of different implant placement depths on crestal bone levels and soft tissue behavior: A 5-year randomized clinical trial.

Rafael Amorim Cavalcanti De SiqueiraRobson Savaget Gonçalves JuniorPaulo Gustavo Freitas Dos SantosIvete Aparecida de Mattias SartoriHom-Lay WangFlavia Noemy Gasparini Kiatake Fontão

Published in: Clinical oral implants research (2020)

There was no statistically significant difference in CB changes between subcrestal and equicrestal implant positioning; however, subcrestal position resulted in higher bone levels. Neither mucosal recession nor vertical mucosa thickness was influenced by different implant placement depths.

Keyphrases

soft tissue
bone loss
ultrasound guided
bone mineral density
optical coherence tomography
clinical trial
body composition
ulcerative colitis