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Radiographic evaluation of marginal bone level around internal-hex implants with switched platform: a clinical case
Fernando Duarte de Almeida1, Antônio Carlos Pires Carvalho, Marcelo Fontes
1Department of Implant Dentistry, Veiga de Almeida University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. fernandoalmeida94@gmail.com
Purpose:
The purpose of this retrospective investigation was to evaluate the influence on the adjacent cervical bone of moving the implant-abutment microgap inward from the outer edge of an internal-hex implant platform (ie, a platform-switched configuration).
Materials And Methods:
A convenience sample of 26 patients received 42 Frialit-2 (Dentsply-Friadent) implants for single tooth replacement and were divided into two groups. One group followed the original protocol (control group), and the other (study group) received narrower replaceable components. Follow-up time varied between 6 and 60 months (mean, 33.45 months).
Results:
The control group showed noticeable bone remodeling (mean bone loss = 2.30 mm), and all the remodeled crests were apical to the implant platform. In contrast, all patients in the study (platform-switched) group showed stable levels (mean bone loss = 0.27) of the peri-implant crestal bone, coronal to the implant platform.
Conclusion:
The relocation of the implant-abutment microgap through platform switching with Frialit-2 System implants seems to be an effective means to minimize marginal bone loss in all circumstances employed.
