Perda óssea marginal em implantes distais em próteses totais fixas implantossuportadas : estudo prospectivo radiográfico

Abstract

The objectives of this study was to evaluate the marginal bone loss in distal implants adjacent to the prosthetic cantilever in complete fixed complete dentures implantossuported (FCDIs) and the possible correlation of bone loss with prosthetic cantilever extension and mesio-distal inclination of the distal implant. Thirty patients (9 men; 21 women) (N=62 distal implants) were followed, with 25 in maxilla and 37 in the mandíble, at the PUCRS college of dentistry, after 1 and 3 years of prosthesis installation. The prosthetic cantilever measurement was performed during the treatment rehabilitation and the mesio-distal inclination of the most distal implants was obtained with computed tomography (CBCT), intraoral digital radiographs of the distal implants were obtained with customized devices at baseline, 1 and 3 years after prostheses installation. The mean bone loss after 1 year was 0,23±0,36mm after 1 and 3 years was 0,28±0,41mm and after 3 years was 0,35±0,49mm, the mean cantilever extension was 9.91±5.98 and the mean inclination of the implants was 8.68±5.97 in the mesial and 6.46±5.58 in the distal side. There was no statistical correlation between marginal bone loss, cantilever extension and mesiodistal inclination of the most distal implant, after one year of follow-up, where the data were analyzed using Spearman's correlation coefficient (α=5%). It can be concluded that the extension of the distal cantilever and the mesio-distal inclination of the implant in FCDIs not showed relation with marginal bone loss in the most distal implant adjacent to the cantilever.