Platform switching for marginal bone preservation around dental implants: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Platform switching for marginal bone preservation around dental implants: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
M. Atieh,H. Ibrahim,A. Atieh
2010 · DOI: 10.1902/jop.2010.100232
The Journal of Periodontology · 381 Citations
TLDR
The review and meta-analysis show that platform switching may preserve interimplant bone height and soft tissue levels and the degree of marginal bone resorption is inversely related to the extent of the implant-abutment mismatch.