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Volume 32 , Issue 2
April 2012
Pages 185 (e51-e58)

Immediate Loading of Mandibular Dental Implants in Partially Edentulous Patients: A Prospective Randomized Comparative Study

Patrice Margossian, DDS, PhD/Paul Mariani, DDS, PhD/Grégory Stephan, DDS, PhD/Jacques Margerit, DDS, PhD/Christian Jorgensen, MD, PhD

PMID: 22292153
DOI: 10.11607/prd.00.1051

While immediate loading in the edentulous mandible is a well-documented procedure, there are limited scientific data on immediate loading in the partially edentulous mandible. Two-year success rates of immediate loading and conventional delayed loading of dental implants in partially dentate mandibles were compared. Patients were randomized into three groups: group A (n = 40), immediate provisionalization with nonocclusal loading; group B (n = 40), immediate provisionalization with occlusal loading; and group C (n = 37), delayed loading with single-stage surgery. Baseline and 2-year measurements included implant stability quotient, insertion torque, and peri-implant bone crest radiography. Two hundred nine implants were immediately loaded in 80 patients. The 2-year success rates were 93.3% for group B and 100% for groups A and C. Immediate provisionalization provided success rates similar to those for delayed loading only when not loaded in occlusion. (Int J Periodontics Restorative Dent 2012;32:e51–e58.)

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