Question · asked by 1 review

Hand mallet (osteotomes) vs Electric mallet: Prosthesis failure

Population
Patients undergoing one-stage crestal maxillary sinus lift without bone grafts (baseline residual bone height about 6.5 mm)
Intervention
Hand mallet (osteotomes)
Comparison
Electric mallet
Outcome
Prosthesis failure

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Hand mallet (osteotomes) vs Electric mallet
Prosthesis failure · Patients undergoing one-stage crestal maxillary sinus lift without bone grafts (baseline residual bone height about… · 19 months to 3 years after loading
Interventions for replacing missing teeth: augmentation procedures of the maxillary sinus (2014) · Cochrane All outcomes
Crespi 2012 (parallel, 40 per group): prosthesis failures 0/40 versus 0/40; none.1 study · 80 participantsGRADE not reported

Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.

The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Interventions for replacing missing teeth: augmentation procedures of the maxillary sinus
2014 · Cochrane All outcomes
2014-01Not listedNot assessed
How reviews are matched to this question

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