Immediate occluding definitive partial fixed prosthesis versus non-occluding provisional restorations - 4-month post-loading results from a pragmatic multicenter randomised controlled trial.

CONCLUSION: This study did not provide a conclusive answer but may suggest that provisional prostheses non-occlusally immediately loaded may increase patient functional satisfaction, chair time and the number of visits, with respect to definitive prostheses immediately loaded in functional occlusion.
PMID: 27022636 [PubMed - in process]

Source: European Journal of Oral Implantology - March 30, 2016 Category: Dentistry Authors: Heinemann F, Grufferty B, Papavasiliou G, Dominiak M, García JJ, Trullenque-Eriksson A, Esposito M Tags: Eur J Oral Implantol Source Type: research