Performance of Immediately Loaded Short Implants Using Low-Speed Drilling Protocol and Plasma Rich in Growth Factors: A Controlled Retrospective Observational Study.

Short dental implants are an alternative to surgical bone augmentation procedures and the placement of longer implants. The high predictability of short implants has encouraged clinicians to load them immediately. However, there are few studies assessing the influence of immediate vs delayed loading of short (< 8 mm) implants.

Dental Implants Survival After Nasal Floor Elevation: A Systematic Review.

The aim of this work is to assess the clinical outcomes of implants placed after a nasal floor elevation procedure. A systematic review was conducted using 4 electronic databases: MEDLINE (PubMed), Cochrane Library, Directory of Open Access Journals, and Scopus, following the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews) statement recommendations to answer the PICO (Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome) question: "In patients undergoing dental implant placement in the maxillary anterior region (P), Do implants placed after nasal floor elevation (I) have a different survival (O) from those implants placed without grafting procedures (C)? The study was pre-registered in PROSPERO (CRD42021229479). Included article quality was assessed using the "NIH quality assessment tool", "The Newcastle-Ottawa scale," and "JBI critical appraisal tools for case reports.

Long-Term Retrospective Study of 3.0-mm-Diameter Implants Supporting Fixed Multiple Prostheses: Immediate Versus Delayed Implant Loading.

Purpose: Narrow dental implants are commonly used to restore narrow alveolar ridges. Although the good performance of narrow dental implants supporting multiple prostheses has been repeatedly demonstrated, there are few studies analyzing their performance in a long-term follow-up together with the influence of the loading protocol. Thus, the objective was to assess the influence of implant loading protocol (immediate vs delayed) on the long-term outcomes of 3.