Effects of abutment materials on peri-implant soft tissue health and stability: A network meta-analysis.

Pesce, Paolo; Del Fabbro, Massimo; Menini, Maria; De Giovanni, Emanuele; Annunziata, Marco; Khijmatgar, Shahnawaz; Canullo, Luigi (2023). Effects of abutment materials on peri-implant soft tissue health and stability: A network meta-analysis. Journal of prosthodontic research, 67(4), pp. 506-517. Japan Prosthodontic Society 10.2186/jpr.JPR_D_22_00223

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PURPOSE

This systematic review aimed to evaluate the effect of the abutment material on peri-implant soft tissue health and stability.

STUDY SELECTION

An electronic and hand search was conducted until February 2022. Only prospective randomized trials (RCTs) and controlled clinical trials (CCTs) comparing titanium abutments with abutments made of different materials, with a follow-up of at least 6 months, were selected by two independent reviewers. Data on marginal bone loss (MBL) and peri-implant tissue indexes, i.e., plaque index (PI), bleeding on probing (BOP), probing depth (PD), and recession (REC), were collected. The risk of bias for RCTs and non-RCTs was evaluated according to the tool reported in the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions and the ROBINS-I tool, respectively. Both pairwise and network meta-analyses (NMA) were performed.

RESULTS

We included 18 relevant studies from 1,437 identified studies. Overall, 612 patients were treated, and 848 abutments were inserted. Five studies presented a low risk of bias. Pairwise meta-analysis showed that, as compared to titanium, zirconia abutments presented a significantly reduced MBL (0.20 mm, 95% Confidence Interval CI [0.14-0.26], P < 0.00001). No significant differences were found for the other outcomes. In the NMA, zirconia abutments demonstrated an 83.3% probability of achieving the highest rank in PI, an 87.0% in BOP, and a 65.0% in PD outcome, suggesting that zirconia abutments generally performed better than titanium and alumina abutments.

CONCLUSIONS

Within the limits of the present study, zirconia abutments seem a viable alternative to titanium ones.

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