A Randomized Pilot Clinical and Microbiological Study Comparing Laser Microtextured Implants with and without Platform Switching

Minimising marginal bone loss around dental implants is of paramount importance. The success methods such as platform switching (PS) and laser-micro-texturing (LM) are well documented. Whether or not a combination these designs will further improve outcomes has been studied previously. Hence, this prospective, randomized controlled single-centre pilot study compared the clinical microbiological with both PS LM (test) to only (control). A test control implant were placed in thirteen patients totalling 26 implants. primary investigated outcome was level (MBL); secondary peri-implant probing depths (PPD), bleeding on (BOP) tissue height (MTH). Additionally, presence five putative periodontal pathogens assessed using real-time polymerized chain reaction. At 12 months overall survival rate 95.8%. MBL change found be different between at any time points, but significant detected within 6 baseline (p = 0.006). No differences outcomes. Average PPD 2.68 ± 0.73 mm 2.30 0.46 average MTH 0.05 0.72 −0.24 0.59 tests controls. reported BOP frequency. Total count revealed no difference among control, adjacent tooth sites. Within limitations study, it can concluded that addition does significantly alter either short-term vulnerability pathogenic microflora colonization.