Clinical evidence
The clinical studies behind our implant entries, indexed with study design, follow-up duration and sample size, plus how we grade evidence strength.
11 studies indexed · 215 sources registered
Not every paper carries the same weight. We record each study's design so an in-vitro result is never presented as evidence of long-term clinical performance, and we distinguish survival from success wherever a figure is quoted. How we grade evidence →
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Clinical performance of additively manufactured subperiosteal implants: a systematic review
International Journal of Implant Dentistry, 2024 · Systematic review / meta-analysis · 21 months follow-up · 227 implants
Reported survival 97.8% (5 failures) at a weighted mean follow-up of 21.4 months
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Radiological Outcomes of Bone-Level and Tissue-Level Dental Implants: Systematic Review
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020 · Systematic review / meta-analysis · 60 months follow-up
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Short versus standard-length implants: A systematic review on clinical outcomes and success rates
Bioinformation, 2025 · Systematic review / meta-analysis · 60 months follow-up
Reported survival of 91–98% for short implants and 92–99% for standard-length implants, with no statistically significant difference at 3–5 years
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Systematic review of the survival rate and the incidence of biological, technical, and aesthetic complications of single crowns on implants reported in longitudinal studies with a mean follow-up of 5 years
Clinical Oral Implants Research, 2012 · Systematic review / meta-analysis · 60 months follow-up
5-year survival of implants supporting single crowns 97.2% (95% CI 96.3–97.9); 5-year survival of the single crowns themselves 96.3% (95% CI 94.2–97.6)
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Clinical Comparison of Extra-Short (4 mm) and Long (>8 mm) Dental Implants Placed in Mandibular Bone: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Healthcare (Basel), 2021 · Systematic review / meta-analysis · 12 months follow-up · 321 implants
No significant difference in survival at 12 months (95.4% versus 95.0%; p = 0.75)
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Systematic review on success of narrow-diameter dental implants
International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Implants, 2014 · Systematic review / meta-analysis
Category 3 implants (3.30–3.50 mm) documented across all indications including load-bearing posterior sites; category 2 (3.00–3.25 mm) documented only for single-tooth non-load-bearing sites; category 1 (below 3.0 mm) documented only for the edentulous arch and non-load-bearing single-tooth sites
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Zygomatic implants placed in atrophic maxilla: an overview of current systematic reviews and meta-analysis
Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2021 · Systematic review / meta-analysis
Survival reported across the included reviews ranged from 95.2% to 100% in non-resected maxillae; 78.57% was reported for resected maxillae
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The all-on-four treatment concept: Systematic review
Journal of Clinical and Experimental Dentistry, 2017 · Systematic review / meta-analysis · 36 months follow-up · 11743 implants
Reported implant survival of 99.8% beyond 24 months; the lowest survival reported at 36 months was 97.6%
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Clinical Outcomes of Pterygoid and Maxillary Tuberosity Implants: A Systematic Review
Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2024 · Systematic review / meta-analysis · 61 months follow-up · 3446 implants
10-year cumulative survival 92.5% for pterygoid implants and 96.9% at 12 years for tuberosity implants, from 38 included studies
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A systematic review of the survival and complication rates of implant-supported fixed dental prostheses (FDPs) after a mean observation period of at least 5 years
Clinical Oral Implants Research, 2012 · Systematic review / meta-analysis · 120 months follow-up
Implant survival 95.6% at 5 years and 93.1% at 10 years; FDP survival 95.4% at 5 years and 80.1% at 10 years
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A Six-Year Prospective Comparative Study of Wide and Standard Diameter Implants in the Maxillary and Mandibular Posterior Area
Medicina (Kaunas), 2021 · Prospective cohort · 72 months follow-up
Six-year survival 97.29% for the 6 mm diameter group and 94.87% for the 4 mm diameter group (p > 0.05)
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