Abstract:Determine whether the implant loading time influences the marginal bone loss (MBL) that occurs in the different restorations on dental implants.Background: Different concepts of prosthetic loading have been proposed in literature. While the conventional loading (CL) protocol dictates to wait for a period of osseointegration of 3-4 to 6-8 months before loading the implant, the immediate loading (IL) protocol proposes to perform the implant loading within a period of no more than 1 week after its placement. Alth… Show more
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