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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2021

Accuracy, Labor-Time and Patient-Reported Outcomes with Partially versus Fully Digital Workflow for Flapless Guided Dental Implants Insertion-A Randomized Clinical Trial with One-Year Follow-Up.

Corina Marilena Cristache, Mihai Burlibasa, Ioana Tudor, Eugenia Eftimie Totu, Fabrizio Di Francesco, Liliana Moraru

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Beyond Accuracy: Clinical Outcomes of Computer Assisted Implant Surgery.Clinical and experimental dental research · 2025
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  8. Computer-Assisted Implant Surgery: Patients' Experience and Perspectives.Clinical and experimental dental research · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Corina Marilena CristacheDepartment of Dental Techniques, Faculty of Midwifery and Medical Assisting (FMAM), "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 8 Eroilor Sanitari Blvd, 050474 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-6635-6091
Mihai BurlibasaDepartment of Dental Techniques, Faculty of Midwifery and Medical Assisting (FMAM), "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 8 Eroilor Sanitari Blvd, 050474 Bucharest, Romania.
Ioana TudorDepartment of Dental Techniques, Faculty of Midwifery and Medical Assisting (FMAM), "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 8 Eroilor Sanitari Blvd, 050474 Bucharest, Romania.
Eugenia Eftimie TotuDepartment of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 1-7 Polizu St., Sector 1, 011061 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-7040-5060
Fabrizio Di FrancescoMultidisciplinary Department of Medical, Surgical and Oral Sciences, Campania University Luigi Vanvitelli (ex Second University of Naples), 6 Via Luigi De Crecchio, 80138 Napoli, Italy.
Liliana MoraruFaculty of Dental Medicine, "Titu Maiorescu" University, 67A Gheorghe Petrascu Street, 040051 Bucharest, Romania.
Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy · ROTitu Maiorescu University · ROUniversitatea Națională de Știință și Tehnologie Politehnica București · ROUniversity of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

(1) Background: Prosthetically-driven implant positioning is a prerequisite for long-term successful treatment. Transferring the planned implant position information to the clinical setting could be done using either static or dynamic guided techniques. The 3D model of the bone and surrounding structures is obtained via cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) and the patient's oral condition can be acquired conventionally and then digitalized using a desktop scanner, partially digital workflow (PDW) or digitally with the aid of an intraoral scanner (FDW). The aim of the present randomized clinical trial (RCT) was to compare the accuracy of flapless dental implants insertion in partially edentulous patients with a static surgical template obtained through PDW and FDW. Patient outcome and time spent from data collection to template manufacturing were also compared. (2) Methods: 66 partially edentulous sites (at 49 patients) were randomly assigned to a PDW or FDW for guided implant insertion. Planned and placed implants position were compared by assessing four deviation parameters: 3D error at the entry point, 3D error at the apex, angular deviation, and vertical deviation at entry point. (3) Results: A total of 111 implants were inserted. No implant loss during osseointegration or mechanical and technical complications occurred during the first-year post-implants loading. The mean error at the entry point was 0.44 mm (FDW) and 0.85 (PDW),

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accuracydigital impressiondigital workflowflaplessguided implant surgery

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PMID33800946
PMCPMC7961841
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