Cochrane · intervention · CD006697

Interventions for replacing missing teeth: management of soft tissues for dental implants

Esposito, M, Maghaireh, H, Grusovin, MG, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2012 · Cochrane Library

Oral Health Implants and prosthodontics2 versionsAMSTAR 2: not assessed

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No studies 3 · 15%Ungraded 17 · 85%Very low 0 · 0%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.

Review question

Element	Planned (methods)	Found (results)
Population	Any patient rehabilitated with implant supported/retained prostheses	138 patients (six trials); all trials included only adults (two trials in Spain, two in the Netherlands, one in Italy, one in Austria)
Intervention	Any flap design including flapless procedures (manual or computer-guided), soft tissue augmentation and suture technique/material used in relation with osseointegrated root-formed dental implants	Flapless implant placement (n=2); Conventional flap elevation (n=2); Crestal incision (n=1); Erbium:YAG laser (n=1); Connective tissue graft (n=1); Xenogeneic collagen matrix (n=1)
Comparison	Conventional flap elevation; Vestibular incision; Flap elevation at implant exposure; No augmentation; Connective tissue autograft	Conventional flap elevation (n=2); Vestibular incision (n=1); Flap elevation at implant exposure (n=1); No augmentation (n=1); Connective tissue autograft (n=1)
Outcomes	Prosthetic failures; Implant failures; Biological complications; Postoperative pain; Marginal bone level changes on periapical radiographs; Aesthetics evaluated by patients; Aesthetics evaluated by dentists; Patient preference including aesthetics (only in split-mouth trials); Height of the attached/keratinised mucosa changes; Soft tissue thickness changes; Ease of maintenance by patient	Prosthetic failures (n=6); Implant failures (n=6); Biological complications (n=5); Postoperative pain (n=4); Aesthetics evaluated by patients (n=1); Aesthetics evaluated by dentists (n=2); Patient preference including aesthetics (n=2); Peri-implant marginal bone level changes (n=2); Soft tissue thickness changes (n=1); Keratinised mucosa height changes (n=1)
Study designs	Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) with exception of quasi-randomised controlled trials	Four trials had a parallel group study design and two a split-mouth study design
Timing	Trials to be included had to have a minimum of 6-month follow-up after implant loading	Follow up ranged from 6 months to 1 year after loading

Search date: 2011-06-09. Databases: Cochrane Oral Health's Trials Register; CENTRAL; MEDLINE; EMBASE

Questions and results

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Flapless implant placement vs Conventional flap elevation

Population: Patients receiving dental implants

6 questions

Outcome	Effect	Evidence	Status / GRADE
Peri-implant marginal bone level change same question in other reviews	MD -0.05 [-0.25, 0.15]	1 study · 78 participants	Ungraded
Biological complications same question in other reviews	RR 5.58 [0.65, 48.23]	1 study · 80 participants	Ungraded
Postoperative pain same question in other reviews	MD -1.1 [-2.02, -0.18]	1 study · 80 participants	Ungraded
Patient preference same question in other reviews	RR 106.70 [20.97, 542.82]	1 study · 80 participants	Ungraded
Implant failure same question in other reviews	RR 1.70 [0.32, 8.94]	2 studies · 96 participants	Ungraded
Prosthetic failure same question in other reviews	RR 1.0 [0.14, 7.10]	1 study	Ungraded

Crestal incision vs Vestibular incision

Population: Patients receiving dental implants

3 questions

Outcome	Effect	Evidence	Status / GRADE
Prosthesis failure same question in other reviews	RR 3.0 [0.15, 59.89]	1 study · 10 participants	Ungraded
Biological complications same question in other reviews	Biological complications: Odds Ratio (M-H, Fixed, 95% CI), Subtotals only (no pooled estimate reported); 1 study (Heydenrijk 2000); 4 crestal vs 1 vestibular had hyperplastic tissue over the healing abutment	1 study	Ungraded
Implant failure same question in other reviews	RR 3.0 [0.15, 59.89]	1 study · 10 participants	Ungraded

Erbium:YAG laser (implant exposure) vs Flap elevation at implant exposure

Population: Patients undergoing implant exposure (second-stage surgery)

2 questions

Outcome	Effect	Evidence	Status / GRADE
Postoperative pain same question in other reviews	RR 0.25 [0.07, 0.90]	1 study · 20 participants	Ungraded
Biological complications same question in other reviews	RR 3.0 [0.14, 65.90]	1 study · 20 participants	Ungraded

Subepithelial connective tissue graft (palate) at implant placement vs No augmentation

Population: Partially edentulous patients receiving posterior mandibular implants

4 questions

Outcome	Effect	Evidence	Status / GRADE
Peri-implant marginal bone level change same question in other reviews	MD 0.17 [-0.10, 0.44]	1 study · 20 participants	Ungraded
Patient preference (aesthetics evaluated by patients) same question in other reviews	OR 0 [0, 0.85]	1 study · 10 participants	Ungraded
Soft tissue thickness change same question in other reviews	MD -1.35 [-1.78, -0.92]	1 study · 20 participants	Ungraded
Aesthetics (pink aesthetic score, PES) evaluated by dentist same question in other reviews	MD -2.87 [-3.67, -2.07]	1 study · 20 participants	Ungraded

One soft tissue correction/augmentation technique vs A different soft tissue correction/augmentation technique

Population: Patients receiving dental implants

1 question

Outcome	Effect	Evidence	Status / GRADE
Outcome NR same question in other reviews	No trial: which soft tissue correction/augmentation technique is most effective (objective 2b) - no trial identified	0 studies	No studies

Technique to increase peri-implant keratinised/attached mucosa vs No increase of keratinised/attached mucosa

Population: Patients receiving dental implants

1 question

Outcome	Effect	Evidence	Status / GRADE
Outcome NR same question in other reviews	No trial: whether the peri-implant keratinised/attached mucosa has to be increased (objective 3a) - no trial identified	0 studies	No studies

Xenogeneic collagen matrix (porcine; Mucograft) vs Connective tissue autograft (palate)

Population: Patients with implant-supported prostheses and <=1 mm keratinised mucosa

2 questions

Outcome	Effect	Evidence	Status / GRADE
Keratinised mucosa height change same question in other reviews	MD 0.15 [-0.72, 1.02]	1 study · 22 participants	Ungraded
Recession (aesthetics) same question in other reviews	MD -0.10 [-1.19, 0.99]	1 study · 22 participants	Ungraded

One suturing technique/material vs A different suturing technique/material

Population: Patients receiving dental implants

1 question

Outcome	Effect	Evidence	Status / GRADE
Outcome NR same question in other reviews	No trial: which suturing techniques/materials are most effective (objective 4) - no trial identified	0 studies	No studies