Resonance frequency analysis as a predictor of early implant failure in the partially edentulous posterior maxilla following immediate nonfunctional loading or delayed loading with single unit restorations

• Published in: Clinical oral implants research Vol. 26; no. 2; pp. 183 - 190
• Main Authors: Kim, Steven J., Ribeiro, Alexandre L. V. L., Atlas, Alan M., Saleh, Najeed, Royal, Jamie, Radvar, Mehrdad, Korostoff, Jonathan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Denmark Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.02.2015
• Subjects: Crowns; Dental Implants, Single-Tooth; Dental Restoration Failure - statistics & numerical data; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Immediate Dental Implant Loading; immediate loading; implant stability; Jaw, Edentulous, Partially - diagnostic imaging; Jaw, Edentulous, Partially - surgery; maxilla; Maxilla - diagnostic imaging; Maxilla - surgery; Prospective Studies; resonance frequency analysis; Statistics, Nonparametric; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Vibration; implant stability; immediate loading; resonance frequency analysis; maxilla

Objectives To assess the ability of baseline resonance frequency analysis (RFA) measurements to predict early implant failure in the posterior maxilla and to evaluate potential correlations between this measurement with Hounsfield units, bone quality variables, and implant dimension. Materials and m...