title: Clinical, radiographic, and esthetic evaluation of immediately loaded laser microtextured implants placed into fresh extraction sockets in the anterior maxilla: a 2-year retrospective multicentric study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the clinical, radiographic, and esthetic outcomes of implants with a laser microtextured collar placed in the anterior region of the maxilla at the time of tooth extraction and immediately temporized.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty-six Tapered Internal Laser-Lok BioHorizons implants were immediately placed and immediately restored with nonfunctional loading in 46 patients (24 men and 22 women) with a thick gingival biotype, ideal gingival level/contour, and postextraction intact walls. Survival rate, cortical bone loss, and periimplant mucosal responses were evaluated at 6, 12, and 24 months.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Survival rate was 95.6%. Mean mesial and distal marginal bone loss, 24 months after installation, were 0.58 mm (SD = 0.53; range, 0.17-1.15) and 0.57 mm (SD = 0.70; range, 0.42-1.10), respectively. A mesial and distal papilla regrowth mean of 1.8 and 1.5 mm, respectively, were found. The midfacial soft tissue levels showed 0.12 mm of mean recession after 24 months.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Immediate implants with a laser microtextured surface restored at the day of surgery, may be considered as a predictable procedure in terms of implant survival and hard and soft tissue remodeling.
authors.affiliation: *Private Periodontal and Implant Practice, Rome, Italy. †Private Implant Practice, Brindisi, Italy. ‡Assistant Professor, Department of Dentistry, University "La Sapienza," Rome, Italy. §Assistant Professor, Department of Periodontology, University "Federico II," Naples, Italy. ‖Private Implant Practice, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Renzo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Guarnieri
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Placella
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Testarelli
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Iorio-Siciliano
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grande
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019232:Dental Restoration Failure / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D057893:Immediate Dental Implant Loading / Q000379:methods*; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014081:Tooth Extraction / Q000379:methods; D020390:Tooth Socket / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome