Immediate and Conventional Loading of a Single Dental Implant Placed in the Esthetic Zone May Yield Comparable Clinical Outcomes

J Evid Based Dent Pract. 2020 Dec;20(4):101492. doi: 10.1016/j.jebdp.2020.101492. Epub 2020 Sep 15.

Abstract

Article title and bibliographic information: Clinical Outcomes Following Immediate Loading of Single-Tooth Implants in the Esthetic Zone: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Cheng Q, Su YY, Wang X, Chen S. Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants. 2020;35(1):167-177.

Source of funding: National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant no. 81570999).

Type of study/design: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Keywords: Conventional loading; Dental implant; Esthetic zone; Immediate loading; Marginal bone loss; Survival rate.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • China
  • Dental Implantation, Endosseous
  • Dental Implants*
  • Dental Implants, Single-Tooth*
  • Esthetics, Dental
  • Humans

Substances

  • Dental Implants