Dental implants and skeleton maturation as factors influenced implant insertion by adolescent patients with missing permanent teeth: 5 - year prospective study
Abstract
The aim of this study was to evaluate the treatment of adolescent/young adults patients after multidisciplinary therapy including implants insertion and effect of diameter of dental implants on osseointegration. A prospective study of 73 implants (Osseo SpeedTM ASTRA TECH Implant SystemTM, Ltd, UK) was prepared.
The patients at implants surgery ranged from 16 to 23 years of age (13 men and 20 women; average age 20.4 years). The patients were followed up for a 6 - year period.
The aesthetic appearance was checked mainly from the point of view of vertical position of the framework. The effect of microthread on the maintenance of marginal bone level was evaluated.
The influence of fixture diameter on marginal bone level was ranged from +0.34 (SD 0.40) (3mm fixture diameter) to + 0.40 (SD 0.33) (4.5 mm fixture diameter).