SupplementPages s7-s23b, Language: EnglishMonje, Alberto / Ravidà, Andrea / Wang, Hom-Lay / Helms, Jill A. / Brunski, John B.Purpose: This systematic review was prepared as part of the Academy of Osseointegration (AO) 2018 Summit, held August 8-10 in Oak Brook Hills, Illinois, to assess the relationship between the primary (mechanical) and secondary (biological) implant stability.
Materials and Methods: Electronic and manual searches were conducted by two independent examiners in order to address the following issues. Meta-regression analyses explored the relationship between primary stability, as measured by insertion torque (IT) and implant stability quotient (ISQ), and secondary stability, by means of survival and peri-implant marginal bone loss (MBL).
Results: Overall, 37 articles were included for quantitative assessment. Of these, 17 reported on implant stability using only resonance frequncy analysis (RFA), 11 used only IT data, 7 used a combination of RFA and IT, and 2 used only the Periotest. The following findings were reached:
• Relationship between primary and secondary implant stability: Strong positive statistically significant relationship (P .001).
• Relationship between primary stability by means of ISQ and implant survival: No statistically significant relationship (P = .4).
• Relationship between IT and implant survival: No statistically significant relationship (P = .2).
• Relationship between primary stability by means of ISQ unit and MBL: No statistically significant relationship (P = .9).
• Relationship between IT and MBL: Positive statistically significant relationship (P = .02).
• Accuracy of methods and devices to assess implant stability: Insufficient data to address this issue.
Conclusion: Data suggest that primary/mechanical stability leads to more efficient achievement of secondary/biological stability, but the achievement of high primary stability might be detrimental for bone level stability. While current methods/devices for tracking implant stability over time can be clinically useful, a robust connection between existing stability metrics with implant survival remains inconclusive.
Keywords: alveolar bone, bone homeostasis, dental implants, diagnostic, implant stability, mechanical, resonance frequency analysis