11. 10
Evidence For Single Tooth Implants
“Although posterior single-tooth replacement is a relatively new treatment
alternative, many studies have been published since 1990, and survival
rates reported range from a low of 94.6% to a high of 100% for a 1 to 15
years. 35-45”
Misch CE, Contemporary Implant Dentistry III Ed. 2008 Mosby pp 7
12. Evidence Based Decision
• “Systematic Review of The Scientific Literature failed to
demonstrate any direct comparative studies assessing
clinical performance of single implant-supported crowns
and tooth-supported fixed partial dentures”
Salinas TJ, Eckert SE. In Patients Requiring Single-Tooth Replacement, What Are the
Outcomes of Implant – as Compared to Tooth-Supported Restorations? IJOMI , 22:
Suppl, 71-107, 2007
13. Survival Rates of Options*
FPD
Tooth supported
FPD Implant
Supported
Implant Supported
Single Crown
Five Years 93.8% 95.2% 94.5%
Ten Years 89.2% 86.7% 89.4%
*No RCTs only observational studies and case cohorts
Paetursson BJ. Osseointegration and Dental Implants ed. Jokstad A. 2009,
Wiley-Blackwell, pp 14 - 23.
14. “While Single Crowns on vital teeth have the best prognosis, those on
endodontically treated teeth have a slightly poorer prognosis over 10 years.
Crowns on teeth with posts and cores and implant-supported Single Crowns
displayed the highest incidence of (biologic and technical) failures and
complications”
Schmidlin K, et al. Complications and failure rates in patients treated for
chronic periodontitis and restored with single crowns on teeth and/or
implants, Clinical Oral implants research,21:55-557, 2010
40. Papillary Prediction
Tarnow DP et al. The effect of the distance from the contact point to the crest of
Bone on the presence or absence of the interproximal dental papilla. J Periodontol 63:995-996, 1992
Choquet V, Tarnow DP et al. Clinical and radiographic evaluation of the papilla level adjacent to single
-tooth dental implants. A retrospective study in the maxillary anterior region. J Peridontol 72:1364-1371, 2001
70. The Dilemma
Mesio-Distal Width
• Loss of Golden Proportion
Loss of Anterior Coupling
• Attrition
Atrophic Ridge #9 site
• Lack of bucco-lingual width
• Multiple restorations
251. Chang SW, Romberg E, Driscoll CF, Tabaco M. An In Vitro evaluation of the
Reliability and validity of an electronic pantograph by testing with five different
Articulators, J Prosthet Dent 2004;92:83-9
“The pantograph was determined to be both reliable and valid”