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Immediate and conventional loading of anterior dental implants: Aesthetic considerations and outcomes.
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Abstract
Dental implants, made from inert materials, integrate into bone to replace missing teeth. Recent years have seen scrutiny in modifying the traditional approach with early and immediate loading of implants in various clinical contexts. This study emphasizes in evaluating the parallelism between immediately and conventionally loaded dental implants following implant placement using peri- implant bone loss in anterior region. A randomized control trial was done on 30 patients having missing anterior teeth. Patient in group A were treated with immediate loading protocol and patient in group B were treated with conventional loading protocol. Patients were assessed postoperatively at 6 and 12 months for peri-implant bone level changes, plaque score, gingival score, calculus score, and papilla preservation score. Intergroup comparisons of marginal bone loss on the mesial side between group A and B at 6 months 0.17 and 0.21 and 12 months 0.30 and 0.34 were not statistically significant (p > 0.05). Similarly, marginal bone loss on the distal side at 6-months is 0.20 and 0.32 and 12-months are 0.44 and 0.34 showed no statistical significance (p > 0.05). Intergroup comparisons of plaque index (PI), gingival index (GI), calculus index (CI), and papilla preservation index (PPI) also indicated no significant differences across different time intervals. Therefore, data concludes that both immediate loading and conventional loading showed no significant difference proving immediate loading protocol is as effective as conventional loading and thus it can be effectively applied in case where patients' aesthetics are a main concern.
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