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SYSTEMATIC REVIEW article
Front. Dent. Med.
Sec. Dental Materials
Volume 6 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fdmed.2025.1568465
Effect of the Implantoplasty Techniques on the Fracture Resistance of Dental Implants. Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Provisionally accepted
Giovanni Pissu 1
Javier Flores-Fraile 2* Álvaro Zubizarreta-Macho 1
José María Montiel-Company 3 Ana Belén Lobo-Galindo 2- 1 Faculty of Health Sciences and Sports, Alfonso X El Sabio University, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- 2 Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
- 3 Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Valencia, València, Valencian Community, Spain
The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to analyze and compare the effect of diamond drill, tungsten carbide drill and ultrasound tips for implantoplasty procedures on the fracture resistance of dental implants affected by periimplant disease. Materials and Methods:This systematic review of the scientific literature and meta-analysis was carried out based on the recommendations of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA), analyzing all studies that evaluated the fracture resistance of dental implants submitted to implantoplasty through diamond drill, tungsten carbide drill and ultrasound tips for implantoplasty procedures, comparing with the fracture resistance values of non-treated dental implants. A total of 4 databases were searched in the literature: Pubmed, Scopus, Cochrane and Web of Science. After eliminating duplicate articles and applying certain inclusion criteria, a total of 9 articles were selected and compared using the random effects model and inverse variance method.The significance of the effect size was measured with the z test, the heterogeneity using the Q test and the I 2 and publication bias was analyzed using the trim-and-fill method Results: The difference in means between the treatment and control groups was estimated as the effect size, obtaining a statistically significant difference of -232.01 MPa., with a 95% confidence interval of the difference between -417.3 and -44.71 (z test = -2.43; p-value = 0.015). The meta-analysis has presented high heterogeneity with an I 2 =99.3% and a Q test = 2195.7; p-value < 0.001. No significant differences were found between the three subgroups with the Q test = 0.20: p-value = 0.903. Conclusions: the tungsten carbide drills resulted in less fracture resistance loss than the diamond and tungsten carbide drills for the dental implants submitted to implantoplasty procedures.
Keywords: implantoplasty periimplant disease, Dental Implants, Fracture resistance, Failure strength, implants
Received: 29 Jan 2025; Accepted: 03 Apr 2025.
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* Correspondence:
Javier Flores-Fraile, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, 37007, Spain
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