Horizontal ridge augmentation in conjunction with or prior to implant placement in the anterior maxilla: a systematic review.

Kuchler, Ulrike; von Arx, Thomas (2014). Horizontal ridge augmentation in conjunction with or prior to implant placement in the anterior maxilla: a systematic review. International journal of oral & maxillofacial implants, 29(Suppl), pp. 14-24. Quintessence Publ. 10.11607/jomi.2014suppl.g1.1

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PURPOSE

To systematically review clinical studies examining the survival and success rates of implants in horizontal ridge augmentation, either prior to or in conjunction with implant placement in the anterior maxilla.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

A literature search was undertaken up to September 2012 including clinical studies in English with ≥ 10 consecutively treated patients and a mean follow-up of at least 12 months. Two reviewers screened the pertinent articles and extracted the data. Key words focused on the outcome parameters (implant success, implant survival, horizontal bone gain, and intra- and postoperative complications) in studies utilizing either a simultaneous approach (ridge augmentation performed at the time of implant placement) or a staged approach (ridge augmentation performed prior to implant placement) were analyzed.

RESULTS

A total of 13 studies met the inclusion criteria, with 2 studies in the simultaneous group and 11 studies in the staged group. In the simultaneous group, survival rates of implants were 100% in both studies, with one study also reporting a 100% implant success rate. No data on horizontal bone gain were available. In the staged group, success rates of implants placed in horizontally augmented ridges ranged from 96.8% to 100% (two studies), and survival rates ranged from 93.5% to 100% (five studies). However, follow-up periods differed widely (up to 4.1 years). Mean horizontal bone gain determined at reentry (implant placement) ranged from 3.4 to 5.0 mm with large overall variations (0 to 9.8 mm, five studies). Intraoperative complications were not reported. Postsurgical complications included mainly mucosal dehiscences (five studies), and, occasionally, complete failures of block grafts were described in one study.

CONCLUSIONS

Staged and simultaneous augmentation procedures in the anterior maxilla are both associated with high implant success and survival rates. The level of evidence, however, is better for the staged approach than for the simultaneous one.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Review Article)
Division/Institute:	04 Faculty of Medicine > School of Dental Medicine > Department of Oral Surgery and Stomatology
UniBE Contributor:	Kuchler, Ulrike, von Arx, Thomas
Subjects:	600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
ISSN:	0882-2786
Publisher:	Quintessence Publ.
Language:	English
Submitter:	Eveline Carmen Schuler
Date Deposited:	27 Jan 2015 14:33
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 14:39
Publisher DOI:	10.11607/jomi.2014suppl.g1.1
PubMed ID:	24660187
Uncontrolled Keywords:	terior maxilla, bone gain, esthetic zone, horizontal ridge augmentation, implant success, implant survival, surgical complications
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/61654