Platform Switching for Marginal Bone Preservation Around Dental implants: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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Platform Switching for Marginal Bone Preservation Around Dental implants: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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University of Otago

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Otago University Research Archive

Description

Background: Platform switching for maintaining pen-implant bone levels has gained popularity among implant manufacturers over the last few years. However, the assumption that the inward shifting of the implant-abutment junction may preserve crestal bone was primarily based on serendipitous finding rather than scientific evidence. The objectives of the present study were to systematically review radiographic marginal bone-level changes and the survival of platform-switched implants compared to...

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Research paper

Research format

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Thesis level

Article

Date created

2010-10

Creator

Atieh, Momen A. / Ibrahim, Hadeel M. / Atieh, Ahmad H.

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10523/33938

Related subjects

Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine / Life Sciences & Biomedicine / Science & Technology

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