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Volume 14 , Issue 1
January/February 1999
Pages 69–71

Short Communication Laser-Welded Titanium Frameworks for Implant- Supported Fixed Prostheses: A 5-Year Report

Birgitta Bergendal, DDS, Sigvard Palmqvist, DDS, PhD

PMID: 10074754

The 5-year results from a multicenter study of implant-supported, laser-welded titanium frameworks are reported here as a complement to earlier reported 2-year results. Implant survival rates were satisfactory for patients with titanium frameworks and for a control group of patients with gold-alloy frameworks. At the 5-year review, more patients with titanium frameworks had lost implants than the patients with gold-alloy frameworks, but this difference was not statistically significant. More fractures of the titanium frameworks occurred, compared to the gold-alloy frameworks; again, this difference was not statistically significant. No significant differences in marginal bone levels were found between the 2 groups of patients. Slightly more fractures of artificial teeth occurred in patients with titanium frameworks than in patients with gold-alloy frameworks. Overall results for the titanium frameworks after 5 years in function are encouraging. (Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants 1999;14:69–71) Key words: dental implants, multicenter study, titanium frameworks

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