Four‐unit fixed dental prostheses replacing the maxillary incisors supported by two narrow‐diameter implants – a five‐year case series

Abstract

Objectives: (1) To determine the survival rate of 10 four-unit fixed dental prostheses (FDPs)

Fracture strength of zirconia implant abutments on narrow diameter implants with internal and external implant abutment connections: A study on the titanium resin base concept

“…New narrow‐diameter implants made of a high‐strength zirconium‐titanium were evaluated in a number of preclinical and clinical studies (Ioannidis et al., ; Thoma et al., ). These alloys allow increasing the clinical indications for narrow diameter implants for the central incisor and premolar regions as well as for multi‐unit reconstructions (Moraguez, Vailati, Grutter, Sailer & Belser, ). Possible advantages of narrow diameter implants as opposed to regular diameter implants include a less invasive surgery, predominantly in anatomical areas with an insufficient bone width.…”

Narrow Diameter Dental Implants as an Alternative Treatment for Atrophic Alveolar Ridges. Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

“…Of the 15 articles included, 7 are clinical trials [17,[19][20][21][22]27,31], 3 are randomized controlled clinical trials [18,24,28], 3 are cohort studies [25,26,29] and 2 are a case series [23,30], all of them published between 2010 and 2018 (Table 1).…”

“…The studies were carried out in 11 different countries: 2 in Belgium [17,24], 2 in Egypt [18,19], 1 in England [20], 2 in Italy [21,22], 1 in Switzerland [23], 1 in Turkey [25], 2 in Saudi Arabia [26,27], 1 in Brazil [28], 1 in China [29], 1 in the United States [30] and 1 in Spain [31].…”

“…Subsequently, the abstracts were read and 45 articles were obtained. Finally, after reading the full text, 15 articles were included in the review that met the established inclusion-exclusion criteria [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31] (Figure 1).…”

Designing Both Mandibular Central Incisors on One 3.0-mm Single-Piece Implant: Five Years' Outcome

“…Further, the chances of implant fatigue fracture increase with reducing implant diameter 20. Even though it has been advised to use NDI only in areas of less functional loads, indications have been extended to support prostheses in posterior areas of the mouth21 and to replace multiple missing teeth with FPDs 22.…”