Quantitative assessment of the jawbone quality classification: A meta-analysis study.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

Bone quality is evaluated using bone density for qualitative classification, a characteristic that may be delicate to evaluate. Contemporary implantology that relies on modern measurement techniques, needs a more quantitative estimate of the bone quality.

Materials and methods

PubMed and EMBASE databases were searched with no time restriction. Clinical and radiographic studies reporting on alveolar ridge dimensions and its parameters in different areas of the dentate and edentulous jaws were included. A meta-analysis was performed using random effect models to report a combined mean for alveolar ridge and its parameters. Meta regression statistical tests were performed in order to identify differences in those outcome parameters.

Results

30 studies were included.

SUBMITTER: Shemtov-Yona K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8208540 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature