Validation of dental implant systems through a review of literature supplied by system manufacturers.
BACKGROUND
The use of endosseous implants to support and retain dental prostheses has become a routine treatment option in many dental practices. Although physical, mechanical, and chemical differences exist among implant systems, survival claims are similar.


OBJECTIVE
This review solicited literature from six implant manufacturers that was thought, by their standards, to be pertinent to the validation of their implant system.


METHODS
The literature was reviewed and categorized.


CONCLUSIONS
On the basis of the literature supplied by the manufacturers, only one implant system demonstrated scientifically valid long-term success.
Eckert
S E
SE
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn, USA.
Parein
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A
Myshin
H L
HL
Padilla
J L
JL
D000571:American Dental Association; D000818:Animals; D015706:Bibliometrics; D003257:Consumer Product Safety / Q000592:standards; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous; D015921:Dental Implants / Q000592:standards*; D018865:Dental Research / Q000592:standards*; D019232:Dental Restoration Failure; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014481:United States
D015921:Dental Implants