title: Prospective clinical evaluation of 201 direct laser metal forming implants: results from a 1-year multicenter study.
abstract: This prospective clinical study evaluated the survival rate and the implant-crown success of 201 direct laser metal forming (DLMF) implants in different clinical applications, after short-term follow-up of functional loading. At the 1-year scheduled follow-up examination, several clinical, radiographic, and prosthetic parameters were assessed. Success criteria included absence of pain, sensitivity, suppuration, exudation; absence of implant mobility; absence of continuous peri-implant radiolucency, DIB <1.5 mm; absence of prosthetic complications at the implant-abutment interface. A total of 201 implants (106 maxilla, 95 mandible) were inserted in 62 patients (39 males, 23 females; aged between 26 and 65 years) in eight different clinical centers. The sites included anterior (n = 79) and posterior (n = 122) implants. The overall implant survival rate was 99.5%, with one implant loss (maxilla: 99.0%, 1 implant failure; mandible: 100.0%, no implant failures). The mean DIB was 0.4 ± 0.2 mm. Among the survived implants (200), five did not fulfill the success criteria, giving an implant-crown success of 97.5%. This 1-year follow-up prospective clinical study gives evidence of very high survival (99.5%) and success (97.5%) rates using DLMF implants.
authors.affiliation: Dental School, University of Varese, Varese, Italy. camangan@gmail.com
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mangano
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mangano
authors.forename: Jamil Awad
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Shibli
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Luongo
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Franco
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Briguglio
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Figliuzzi
authors.forename: Tammaro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Eccellente
authors.forename: Carmine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rapani
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Piombino
authors.forename: Aldo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Macchi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003442:Crowns; D015921:Dental Implants / Q000009:adverse effects; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D019232:Dental Restoration Failure; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007834:Lasers; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery; D008437:Maxilla / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants