ReviewJournal of oral & maxillofacial research
Prosthetic Rehabilitation of the Partially Edentulous Atrophic Posterior Mandible with Short Implants (≤ 8 mm) Compared with the Sandwich Osteotomy and Delayed Placement of Standard Length Implants (> 8 mm): a Systematic Review.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- Clinical performance of short implants vs. standard implants in edentulous patients. An umbrella review.Frontiers in oral health · 2025Pooled it
- Short implants compared to regular dental implants after bone augmentation in the atrophic posterior mandible: umbrella review and meta-analysis of success outcomes.International journal of implant dentistry · 2023Pooled it
- The survival rate of transcrestal sinus floor elevation combined with short implants: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.International journal of implant dentistry · 2021Pooled it
- The sandwich osteotomy technique to treat vertical alveolar bone defects prior to implant placement: a systematic review.Clinical oral investigations · 2020Pooled it
- Short versus standard-length implants: A systematic review on clinical outcomes and success rates.Bioinformation · 2025Article
- Analysis of ultra-short implants with different angulations: a retrospective case-control study with 2 to 9 years of follow-up.Clinical oral investigations · 2024Article
- Bone quality effect on short implants in the edentulous mandible: a finite element study.BMC oral health · 2022Article
- Clinical performance of short versus standard dental implants in vertically augmented bone: an overview of systematic reviews.Clinical oral investigations · 2021Review
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Abstract
objectivesTest the hypothesis of no difference in prosthetic rehabilitation of the partially edentulous atrophic posterior mandible with short implants (≤ 8 mm) compared with the sandwich osteotomy and delayed placement of standard lengths implants (> 8 mm). MATERIAL AND
methodsA MEDLINE (PubMed), Embase and Cochrane library search in combination with a hand-search was conducted by including studies published in English. No year of publication restriction was applied.
resultsSix randomized controlled trials characterized by low or moderate risk of bias fulfilled the inclusion criteria. There were no statistically significant differences (P > 0.05) in the survival rate of suprastructures and implants between the two treatment modalities after one year. Sandwich osteotomy and delayed implant placement demonstrated statistically significant higher long-term peri-implant marginal bone loss as well as biological and technical complications compared with short implants (P < 0.0001). Moreover, patients significantly favoured prosthetic rehabilitation with short implants (P < 0.0001).
conclusionsShort implants and the sandwich osteotomy with delayed placement of standard length implants appear to result in predictable outcomes in terms of high survival rate of suprastructures and implants after prosthetic rehabilitation of the partially edentulous atrophic posterior mandible. However, further long-term randomized controlled trials assessing donor site morbidity, an economic perspective, professional and patient-related outcome measures with the two treatment modalities are needed before definite conclusions can be provided about the beneficial use of short implants for prosthetic rehabilitation of the partially edentulous atrophic posterior mandible compared with the sandwich osteotomy and delayed placement of standard length implants.
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