Clinical and radiologic evaluation of 70 immediately loaded single implants in the maxillary esthetic zone: preliminary results after 1 year of functional loading.

Purpose: A key challenge in implant treatment in the esthetic zone is to provide patients with crowns and peri-implant mucosa that are in harmony with the adjacent teeth to restore both function and esthetics. The aim of the present study was to show the preliminary results of an immediate loading protocol in the maxillary esthetic zone that is designed to preserve the soft tissue.

Materials And Methods: Patients were treated with immediately loaded single-tooth implants (Seven, MIS).

A comparative study of bone densitometry during osseointegration: piezoelectric surgery versus rotary protocols.

Objectives: To date, there have been no studies on the outcome of osseointegration of alveolar bone around dental implants inserted with piezoelectric osteotomy versus conventional osteotomy. The aim of this study was to compare the radiographic differences, through evaluation of peri-implant bone density, between implant insertion using traditional surgical technique and piezoelectric technique.

Method And Materials: Forty patients were selected whose treatment consisted of a minimum of two implants placed in nonpathologic native bone.