Validation of Therapeutic Anatomy-Oriented Classification in Endosseous Dental Implant Treatment: A Pilot Study.
BACKGROUND
The purpose of the study was to validate a newly proposed therapeutic anatomically based clinical and radiological classification for dental implant treatment.


METHODS
Eighty-one patients with at least 1 edentulous jaw segment (EJS) from 2 dental clinics were included in this study. Both clinical and radiological parameters were assessed in aesthetic and nonaesthetic zones. The data were then compared at preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative (subdivided into early and late stage) study stages.


RESULTS
Based on the hard and soft tissue support, EJSs were divided into 3 types. The outcomes were then validated at preoperative, intraoperative, and early postoperative stages. Data were then analyzed using paired sample t test and the Wilcoxon signed ranks test. No statistically significant difference (P > 0.05) was identified between any the measurements.


CONCLUSIONS
The proposed therapeutic anatomically based clinical and radiological classification for the dental implant treatment seems to be reproducible, objective, and helpful in planning dental implant treatment. Future studies with a larger sample size are needed to further validate the outcome obtained in this pilot study.
*Assistant, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania. †Clinical Instructor, Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. ‡Associate Professor, Department of Periodontics, College of Dentistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL. §Professor and Director, Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. ¶Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Marius
M
Kubilius
Yagmur Deniz
YD
Ilarslan
Tolga F
TF
Tözüm
Hom-Lay
HL
Wang
Ričardas
R
Kubilius
Gintaras
G
Juodzbalys
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D054893:Cone-Beam Computed Tomography; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000145:classification* / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007575:Jaw, Edentulous / Q000145:classification* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011861:Radiography, Dental; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D055815:Young Adult