title: What is the effect of initial implant position on the crestal bone level in flap and flapless technique during healing period?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The level of the implant above the marginal bone and flap design have an effect on the bone resorption during the healing period. The aim of this study is to detect the relationship between the level of the implant at the implant placement and the bone level at the healing period in the mesial and distal side of implants placed with flapless (FL) and full-thickness flap (FT) methods.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-two nonsubmerged implants were placed with the FL and FT technique. Periapical radiographs were taken of the patient at implant placement, and at 6 and 12 weeks. By using computer software, bone level measurements were taken from the shoulder of the healing cap to the first bone implant contact in the mesial and distal side of the implant surface.
  
  
  RESULTS
  At 6 weeks, the correlation between the crestal bone level at the implant placement and crestal bone level of the FT mesially was significant (Pearson correlation coefficient=0.675, P<0.023). At 12 weeks, in the FT mesially, the correlation was nonsignificant (Spearman correlation coefficient=0.297, P<0.346). At 6 weeks in the FT distally, the correlation was nonsignificant (Pearson correlation coefficient=0.512, P<0.107). At 12 weeks in the FT distally, the correlation was significant (Spearman correlation coefficient=0.730, P<0.011). At 6 weeks in the FL mesially, the correlation was nonsignificant (Spearman correlation coefficient=0.083, P<0.809). At 12 weeks in the FL mesially, the correlation was nonsignificant (Spearman correlation coefficient=0.062, P<0.856). At 6 weeks in the FL distally, the correlation was nonsignificant (Spearman correlation coefficient=0.197, P<0.562). At 12 weeks in the FL distally, the correlation was significant (Pearson correlation coefficient=0.692, P<0.018).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A larger sample size is recommended to verify the conclusions in this preliminary study. The bone level during the healing period in the FT was more positively correlated with the implant level at implant placement than in the FL.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Surgery, MAHSA Dental College, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Mohammed Jasim
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Al-Juboori
authors.forename: Shaifulizan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ab Rahman
authors.forename: Akram
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hassan
authors.forename: Ikmal Hisham
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Bin Ismail
authors.forename: Omar Farouq
authors.initials: OF
authors.lastname: Tawfiq
keywords: Bone resorption; Clinical trial; Dental implantation; Oral surgical procedures
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