Key Results
Holgers
This study compared the implant stability, survival, and soft tissue reactions of a wide-diameter implant-abutment combination (test) with a previous-generation implant and abutment (control) 10 years after implantation. Furthermore, the safety of loading the test implant 3 weeks after surgery was assessed. The implant survival of the test implant proved to be significantly better than the control implant at the 10 years of follow-up, without explantations. Survival rates of both loading groups remained high without significant differences between both loading groups. In addition, the test implant showed superiority in terms of higher mean ISQ values during the entire 10-year follow-up. Soft tissue reactions were scarcely found in both implant and loading groups, with only one Holgers 1 in group C and no Holgers 2 or higher at the 10-year follow-up visit in any group.