What is it about?
Dental implants were placed in 66 patients HIV positive but controlled patients. Delayed prosthetic loading was performed at 3 months in maxilla and 2 months in mandible. A total of 190 fixtures were placed in 66 patients. Data were recorded before the surgery and follow up was established at 6 months and at 12 months
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Why is it important?
15 fixtures were lost, which caused a prosthetic failure only in 2 patients
Perspectives
Within the limitation of this study, implanto-prosthetic rehabilitations outcome in HIV patients is good.Please remind that a protocol for infection control is mandatory
Dr Paolo Capparé
IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital and Vita-Salute University, Milan
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This page is a summary of: Implant Prosthetic Rehabilitation in Controlled HIV-Positive Patients: A Prospective Longitudinal Study with 1-Year Follow-Up, Clinical Implant Dentistry and Related Research, May 2015, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/cid.12353.
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