PMID- 27861666
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20170316
LR  - 20181202
IS  - 1942-4434 (Electronic)
IS  - 0882-2786 (Linking)
VI  - 31
IP  - 6
DP  - 2016 Nov/Dec
TI  - Internal- vs External-Connection Single Implants: A Retrospective Study in an 
      Italian Population Treated by Certified Prosthodontists.
PG  - 1385-1396
LID - 10.11607/jomi.4618 [doi]
AB  - PURPOSE: The design of an implant connection that allows prosthetic 
      suprastructures to be attached to implants has long been debated in the dental 
      literature. The goal of this retrospective study was to evaluate the 5-year 
      clinical results for a large number of single implants restored by certified 
      prosthodontists in an attempt to establish whether different clinical outcomes 
      could be detected for external- or internal-connection implants. MATERIALS AND 
      METHODS: All single implants with internal or external connections inserted in 27 
      private dental practices from January 1, 2003 to December 31, 2007 were 
      evaluated. An initial statistical analysis was performed to describe the sample 
      population at baseline and then to compare the two types of implant-abutment 
      connection configurations and their clinical outcomes. All data were 
      statistically analyzed with STATA12 (StataCorp). RESULTS: Twenty-eight of the 85 
      active members of the Italian Academy of Prosthetic Dentistry (AIOP) participated 
      in this study. The sample included 1,159 patients and 2,010 implants. Of the 
      implants, 75 were dropped because there was no information about follow-up. Of 
      the remaining implants, 1,431 (74.0%) were followed for at least 5 years, and 332 
      implants (17.2%) were followed for more than 8 years. Nearly 99% (98.9%) of the 
      implants survived. The difference between the survival frequencies of the two 
      types of implant-abutment connection configurations was not significant for each 
      negative event (log-rank test, P > .05). There was no difference between the two 
      types of implants regarding restoration fracture, implant screw loosening, and 
      peri-implant disease. CONCLUSION: Within the limitations of this study, it can be 
      suggested that there is no difference in clinical outcomes of single restorations 
      joined to internal- or external-connection implants.
FAU - Vigolo, Paolo
AU  - Vigolo P
FAU - Gracis, Stefano
AU  - Gracis S
FAU - Carboncini, Fabio
AU  - Carboncini F
FAU - Mutinelli, Sabrina
AU  - Mutinelli S
CN  - AIOP (Italian Academy of Prosthetic Dentistry) Clinical Research Group
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants
JT  - The International journal of oral & maxillofacial implants
JID - 8611905
RN  - 0 (Dental Implants)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - *Dental Abutments
MH  - *Dental Implant-Abutment Design
MH  - *Dental Implants
MH  - *Dental Implants, Single-Tooth
MH  - Dental Prosthesis Design
MH  - Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported/*methods
MH  - Dental Restoration Failure/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Italy
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Retrospective Studies
MH  - Survival Analysis
FIR - Andreoni, Dario
IR  - Andreoni D
FIR - Anglesio Farina, Aldo
IR  - Anglesio Farina A
FIR - Bombardelli, Tiziano
IR  - Bombardelli T
FIR - Bovera, Michele
IR  - Bovera M
FIR - Bravi, Fabrizio
IR  - Bravi F
FIR - Buzzo, Maurizio
IR  - Buzzo M
FIR - Casella, Pierluigi
IR  - Casella P
FIR - Cortellini, Davide
IR  - Cortellini D
FIR - Fabbri, Giacomo
IR  - Fabbri G
FIR - Fuzzi, Massimo
IR  - Fuzzi M
FIR - Granata, Stefano
IR  - Granata S
FIR - Manfrini, Giovanni
IR  - Manfrini G
FIR - Manicone, Paolo Francesco
IR  - Manicone PF
FIR - Micarelli, Costanza
IR  - Micarelli C
FIR - Noe, Gaetano
IR  - Noe G
FIR - Palazzoli, Gaetano
IR  - Palazzoli G
FIR - Risciotti, Emanuele
IR  - Risciotti E
FIR - Schmitz, Johannes
IR  - Schmitz J
FIR - Sighel, Luca
IR  - Sighel L
FIR - Simeone, Piero
IR  - Simeone P
FIR - Solmi, Mauro
IR  - Solmi M
FIR - Tonello, Mattia
IR  - Tonello M
FIR - Valenti, Marco
IR  - Valenti M
FIR - Venezia, Pietro
IR  - Venezia P
FIR - Zaccaria, Massimiliano
IR  - Zaccaria M
EDAT- 2016/11/20 06:00
MHDA- 2017/03/17 06:00
CRDT- 2016/11/19 06:00
PHST- 2016/11/19 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2016/11/20 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/03/17 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.11607/jomi.4618 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants. 2016 Nov/Dec;31(6):1385-1396. doi: 
      10.11607/jomi.4618.