Immediate and Flapless Full-arch Rehabilitation of Edentulous Jaws

Immediate Fixed Full-arch Rehabilitation of Edentulous Jaws on 4 or 6 Implants According to the Nobelguide® Protocol: a Retrospective Study on Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes up to 10 Years of Follow-up.

The study involved 28 edentulous patients (20 female/8 males; average age of 67.75± 8.627 years) rehabilitated with 33 prostheses (17 all-on-4/16 all-on-6) supported by 164 implants.

Clinical and radiographic outcomes were implants survival, prostheses success/survival, implant marginal bone loss, incidence of biological and prosthetic complications.

Inclusion Criteria

• Mandibles or maxillae edentulous or with hopeless teeth;
• Patient's request of fixed implant restorations
• Patients in general good health (ASA-1/ASA-2)

Exclusion Criteria

• Compromised systemic conditions;
• Head/neck irradiation or chemotherapy within 2 years;
• Bisphosphonate therapy;
• Metabolic bone diseases;
• Insufficient bone volume;
• Mouth opening less than 50 mm inadequate to place surgical instrumentations.
• History of periodontitis or smoking habit were not considered exclusion criteria.