Influence of titanium base, lithium disilicate restoration and vertical soft tissue thickness on bone stability around triangular-shaped implants: A prospective clinical trial.

Tomas LinkeviciusRokas LinkeviciusJonas AlkimaviciusLaura LinkevicienePaulius AndrijauskasAlgirdas Puisys

Published in: Clinical oral implants research (2018)

Significantly less bone loss occurs around triangular-shaped bone-level implants in thick mucosal tissues (≥3 mm), compared to medium or thin tissue biotype. Crestal bone loss did not differ between medium and thin tissues.

Keyphrases

bone loss
soft tissue
clinical trial
gene expression
optical coherence tomography
open label
randomized controlled trial
ulcerative colitis
phase ii
phase iii