title: Short porous implants in the posterior maxilla: a 3-year report of a prospective study.
abstract: The aim of this ongoing prospective study was to determine the 36-month survival rate of short porous implants in the posterior maxilla with 2 to 7 mm of initial bone height in 48 patients. Forty-eight implants were placed; 35 were in sites with a bone height of 5 mm or less and 13 patients required sinus elevation with osteotomes in addition to a xenograft. All implants were loaded with single crowns. At the end of the follow-up period the survival rate was 97.92%. The use of short porous implants showed good predictability in the treatment of the posterior maxilla in this interim 3-year report.
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. info@sicor-corsi.com
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Corrente
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Abundo
authors.forename: Alessandro Bermond
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: des Ambrois
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Savio
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Perelli
mesh_terms: D001641:Bicuspid; D018786:Bone Substitutes; D003442:Crowns; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous; D015921:Dental Implants; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D019232:Dental Restoration Failure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007576:Jaw, Edentulous, Partially / Q000534:rehabilitation; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla / Q000601:surgery*; D008443:Maxillary Sinus / Q000601:surgery; D008903:Minerals; D008963:Molar; D013516:Oral Surgical Procedures, Preprosthetic; D016062:Porosity; D011446:Prospective Studies
chemical_list: C077540:Bio-Oss; D018786:Bone Substitutes; D015921:Dental Implants; D008903:Minerals