RETROSPECTIVE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF BONE LOSS IN IMPLANTS WITH AND WITHOUT IMMEDIATE LOADING IN THE EGAS MONIZ UNIVERSITY CLINIC
RETROSPECTIVE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF BONE LOSS IN IMPLANTS WITH AND WITHOUT IMMEDIATE LOADING IN THE EGAS MONIZ UNIVERSITY CLINIC

Summary/Abstract: Aim: To evaluate bone loss after three years in implants placed at the implantology consult at the Egas Moniz University Clinic, relating bone loss to the type of loading (conventional or immediate load). Materials and methods: A comparative and retrospective study, performed on a sample of 65 implants, placed in 24 of 327 patients, who attended the implantology consult at the Egas Moniz University Clinic in 2015, representing 7,3% of the study population through the measurement of distance between implant platform and bone using radiographs. Results: Three years after implant placement with and without immediate loading there is statistically significant bone loss mesially and distally. It was found that when compared bone loss in loaded vs unloaded mesially and distally implants, there were no statistically significant differences. The bone loss of the unloaded implants was compared three years after being placed, with the bone level of the loaded implants also three years later. No significant difference was found. Conclusion: Although no statistically significant differences were found between bone loss in loaded implants vs unloaded mesially and distally, as it is supported by the literature, it was possible to conclude that there was, in fact, a statistically significant bone loss, mesially and distally, three years after implant placement with and without immediate loading. This may be due to poor oral hygiene, a history of periodontitis, smoking and peri-implantitis.

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