title: [Early loading of dental implants supporting mandibular fixed full-arch prostheses].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the feasibility and predictability of early loading of dental implants supporting mandibular fixed full-arch prostheses.
  
  
  METHODS
  94 ITI SLA implants were inserted in 14 edentulous mandibles. The implant-borne fixed prostheses were applied 6 weeks postoperatively. Panoramic radiographs were taken immediately after implant placement, at 4-week post-surgery and 1 year post-treatment to evaluate the alveolar bone at the implant sites. Resonance frequency analysis was done at implant placement and 4-week post-surgery.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No implant failed within the 12 months representing one-year survival rate of 100%. Success rate for prostheses was 100%. No significant bone loss was observed according to the panoramic radiographs with the bone level above the first thread. The resonance frequency analysis gave the ISQ (implant stability quotient) value of 69.54+/-d 63.14+/-5.57 at the 2 time points respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Early loading of ITI SLA implant supporting mandibular fixed prostheses is predictable.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Cranio-maxillofacial Implantology, Ninth People's Hospital, College of Stomatology, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. lhc9@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Hong-chang
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: Zhi-yong
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Long-fei
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Zhuang
mesh_terms: D016301:Alveolar Bone Loss; D015921:Dental Implants; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D019232:Dental Restoration Failure; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007575:Jaw, Edentulous; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants