Surface Treatment of Dental Mini-Sized Implants and Screws: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Miniscrews are devices that allow for absolute skeletal anchorage. However, their use has a higher failure rate (10-30%) than dental implants (10%). To overcome these flaws, chemical and/or mechanical treatment of the surface of miniscrews has been suggested. There is no consensus in the current literature about which of these methods is the gold standard; thus, our objective was to carry out a systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature on surface treatments of miniscrews. The review protocol was registered (PROSPERO CRD42023408011) and is in accordance with the PRISMA guidelines. A bibliographic search was carried out on PubMed via MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, Embase and Web of Science. The initial search of the databases yielded 1684 results, with 98 studies included in the revi

SUBMITTER: Figueiredo AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10971647 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature