BACKGROUND The conventional implant approach involves flap elevation,which may result in increased soft tissue and bone loss and postoperative morbidity.The flapless surgical technique,aided by three-dimensional medic...BACKGROUND The conventional implant approach involves flap elevation,which may result in increased soft tissue and bone loss and postoperative morbidity.The flapless surgical technique,aided by three-dimensional medical imaging equipment,is regarded as a possible alternative to the conventional approach to alleviate the above issues.Several studies have been performed regarding the role of flapless implant surgery.However,the results are inconsistent and there is no robust synthesis of long-term evidence to better inform surgeons regarding which type of surgical technique is more beneficial to the long-term prognosis of patients in need of implant insertion.AIM To compare the long-term clinical performance after flapless implant surgery to that after the conventional approach with flap elevation.METHODS PubMed,EMBASE,Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials,and grey literature databases were searched from inception to 23 September 2019.Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and cohort studies comparing the long-term clinical performance after flapless implant surgery to that after the conventional approach over a follow-up of three years or more were induded.Meta-analyses were conducted to estimate the odds ratios (ORs) or mean differences (MDs) and their 95 To confidence intervals (CIs) between the long-term implant survival rate,marginal bone loss,and complication rate of the flapless and conventional groups.Subgroup analyses were carried out to account for the possible effects of the guided or free-hand method during flapless surgery.RESULTS Ten articles,including four RCTs and six cohort studies,satisfied the eligibility criteria and nine of them were inclded in the meta-analysis.There was no significant difference between the long-term implant survival rate [OR=1.30,95%CI (0.37,4.54),P=0.68],marginal bone loss [MD=0.01,95%CI (-0.42,0.44),P=0.97],and complication rate [OR=1.44,95%CI (0.77,2.68),P=0.25] after flapless implant surgery and the conventional approach.Moreover,subgroup analyses revealed that there was no statistically significant difference between the implant survival rate [guided:OR=1.52,95%CI (0.19,12.35),P=0.70];free-hand:n=1,could not be estimated),marginal bone loss [guided:MD=0.22,95%CI (-0.14,0.59),P=0.23;free-hand:MD=-0.27,95%CI (-1.10,0.57),P=0.53],or complication rate [guided:OR=1.16,95%CI (0.52,2.63),P=0.71;free-hand:OR=1.75,95%CI(0.66,4.63),P=0.26] in the flapless and conventional groups either with use of the surgical guide or by the free-hand method.CONCLUSION The flapless surgery and conventional approach had comparable clinical performance over three years or more.The guided or free-hand technique does not significantly affect the long-term outcomes of flapless surgery.展开更多
In recent years,with the application of digital medicine,and minimally invasive surgery in the field of dental implantation,modern dental implantation technology with immediate dental implantation as the representativ...In recent years,with the application of digital medicine,and minimally invasive surgery in the field of dental implantation,modern dental implantation technology with immediate dental implantation as the representative is receiving rapid development. Especially,the immediate dental implantation technology in anterior teeth area has become a hot spot in stomatology. In this paper,an overview was given on the development of surgical method of immediate dental implantation technology,application of bone augmentation technology,and soft tissue management,and a prediction was made about the development trend of immediate dental implantation technology in anterior teeth area.展开更多
基金the Graduate Student's Research and Innovation Fund of Sichuan University,No.2018YJSY108the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Funded Project,No.2018M640931+1 种基金the Science and Technology Key Research and Development Program of Sichuan Province,No.2019YFS0142the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81901060.
文摘BACKGROUND The conventional implant approach involves flap elevation,which may result in increased soft tissue and bone loss and postoperative morbidity.The flapless surgical technique,aided by three-dimensional medical imaging equipment,is regarded as a possible alternative to the conventional approach to alleviate the above issues.Several studies have been performed regarding the role of flapless implant surgery.However,the results are inconsistent and there is no robust synthesis of long-term evidence to better inform surgeons regarding which type of surgical technique is more beneficial to the long-term prognosis of patients in need of implant insertion.AIM To compare the long-term clinical performance after flapless implant surgery to that after the conventional approach with flap elevation.METHODS PubMed,EMBASE,Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials,and grey literature databases were searched from inception to 23 September 2019.Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and cohort studies comparing the long-term clinical performance after flapless implant surgery to that after the conventional approach over a follow-up of three years or more were induded.Meta-analyses were conducted to estimate the odds ratios (ORs) or mean differences (MDs) and their 95 To confidence intervals (CIs) between the long-term implant survival rate,marginal bone loss,and complication rate of the flapless and conventional groups.Subgroup analyses were carried out to account for the possible effects of the guided or free-hand method during flapless surgery.RESULTS Ten articles,including four RCTs and six cohort studies,satisfied the eligibility criteria and nine of them were inclded in the meta-analysis.There was no significant difference between the long-term implant survival rate [OR=1.30,95%CI (0.37,4.54),P=0.68],marginal bone loss [MD=0.01,95%CI (-0.42,0.44),P=0.97],and complication rate [OR=1.44,95%CI (0.77,2.68),P=0.25] after flapless implant surgery and the conventional approach.Moreover,subgroup analyses revealed that there was no statistically significant difference between the implant survival rate [guided:OR=1.52,95%CI (0.19,12.35),P=0.70];free-hand:n=1,could not be estimated),marginal bone loss [guided:MD=0.22,95%CI (-0.14,0.59),P=0.23;free-hand:MD=-0.27,95%CI (-1.10,0.57),P=0.53],or complication rate [guided:OR=1.16,95%CI (0.52,2.63),P=0.71;free-hand:OR=1.75,95%CI(0.66,4.63),P=0.26] in the flapless and conventional groups either with use of the surgical guide or by the free-hand method.CONCLUSION The flapless surgery and conventional approach had comparable clinical performance over three years or more.The guided or free-hand technique does not significantly affect the long-term outcomes of flapless surgery.
文摘In recent years,with the application of digital medicine,and minimally invasive surgery in the field of dental implantation,modern dental implantation technology with immediate dental implantation as the representative is receiving rapid development. Especially,the immediate dental implantation technology in anterior teeth area has become a hot spot in stomatology. In this paper,an overview was given on the development of surgical method of immediate dental implantation technology,application of bone augmentation technology,and soft tissue management,and a prediction was made about the development trend of immediate dental implantation technology in anterior teeth area.
