Consensus Statements And Recommended Clinical Procedures Regarding Loading Protocols

Consensus Statements and Recommended Clinical Procedures Regarding Loading Protocols
Declaraciones de consenso y Procedimientos clínicos recomendados en relación a los protocolos de carga

Hans-Peter Weber, DMD, Dr Med DentVDean Morton, BDS, MS^German 0. Gallucci, DMD, Dr Med Dent3/ Mario Roccuzzo, DDSVLuca Cordaro, MD, DDS, P^DVLinda Grutter, Dr Med Dent, MS 6 Traducción; Dr. Miguel AngelIrala Almeida

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS Treatment with dental implants has proven to be a predictable modality for replacing missing or failing teeth with various types of fixed or removable dental prostheses. A large body of scientific evidence of varying quality has demonstrated that successful outcomes can be achieved with different clinical treatment protocols for a wide range of indications.While it was traditionally thought that healing periods of 3 to 6 months combined with submersion of implants under the oral mucosa was critical for predictable osseo-integration of dental implants, modified surgical and loading protocols have demonstrated similar outcomes over time. Loading protocols for dental implants have been a central focus of discussion in the field since the origin ofosse-ointegration. Several consensus conferences have been held on the topic, and recommendations have been published based on the evidence available at the timeProfessor and Chair, Department of Restorative Dentistry and Biomaterials Sciences, Harvard School of Denial Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Professor and Interim Chair, Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Prosthodontics and RestorativeDentistry, School of Dentistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.

OBSERVACIONES PRELIMINARES El tratamiento con implantes dentales ha demostrado ser una modalidad predecible para la sustitución de falta o perdida de los dientes con varios tipos de prótesis dentales fijas o removibles. Una gran cantidad de evidencia científica de calidad variable ha demostrado que resultadosexitosos se puede lograr con diferentes protocolos de tratamiento clínico para una amplia gama de indicaciones. Aunque tradicionalmente se pensaba que los periodos de curación de 3 a 6 meses combinado con la inmersión de implantes bajo la mucosa oral era crítica para la osteo-integración predecible de los implantes dentales, modificaciones quirúrgicas protocolos de carga han demostrado resultadossimilares con el tiempo. Protocolos de carga para los implantes dentales han sido un tema central de discusión en el campo desde el origen de la óseo-integración. Varias conferencias de consenso se ha llevado a cabo sobre el tema, y se ha publicado recomendaciones basadas en la evidencia disponible en el momento.
Professor and Chair, Department of Restorative Dentistry and Biomaterials Sciences,Harvard School of Denial Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Professor and Interim Chair, Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Prosthodontics and Restorative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Lecturer, Department of Restorative Dentistry and

Lecturer, Department of Restorative Dentistry and Biomaterials Sciences, Harvard School of DentalMedicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Lecturer, Department of Oral and Manillofacial Surgery, University of Torino, Torino, Italy. Professor and Chair, Department of Periodontics and Prosthodontics, Eastman Dental Hospital, Rome, Italy. assistant Professor, Department of Fixed Prosthodontics and Occlusion, School of Dental Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Swine riand, Correspondence to: DrHans-Peter Weber, Department of Restorative Dentistry and Biomaterials Sciences, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, 188 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115. Fan. +1617 433-0901. hpweber@hsdm.harvard.edu These statements are par; of the Proceedings of the Fourth STS Consensus Conference, sponsored by the ^nternat/ona/ Team for /mp/an-toio^(n'f) and he/d August 26-28, 2008, fn Stuttgart, Germany....