Clinical and Patient Outcomes of 4 mm Ultra-Short vs. 8 mm Implants With Bone Augmentation in the Back Upper Jaw

The patient is gonna make a subjective assessment of satisfaction of the surgery once it is finished. For that, we are going to use a 10 centimeter visual analog scale. The extremes of the scale are the extreme expressions of satisfaction, where the extreme left represents a 0 (not satisfied) and 10 (very satisfied). The patient won't have numbers between 0-10 so he will not be influenced by them. Wherever he marks, we will measure it and it will represent in centimeters how was his satisfaction

elapsed time since the administration of local anesthesia until the placement of the last suture knot, with a scale of the exact minutes

Subjective assessment of pain intensity using a 10-cm visual analog scale. The extremes of the scale are the extreme expressions of pain

The need to intake rescue medication of Ibuprofen 600mg, Paracetamol 650mg or Amoxicilin 500mg with a nominal response of Yes or No

Any undesired event that happens during the surgical procedure, for example, profuse bleeding, Schneider membrane perforation, by a categorical nominal answer Yes or No

Any undesired event that happens during the first week of healing

If the implant is present in the mouth regardless of the biological or technical complications. An implant will be considered as failed if explantation is needed for the following reasons: (i) lateral, vertical mobility or rotation; (ii) drastic decrease in the ISQ values over time; (iii) discomfort or pain; and (iv) peri-implant radiolucency compatible with fibrointegration. It will be evaluated in a categorical nominal answer Yes or No

distance from the mucosal margin to the base of the peri-implant pocket as measured with a PCP UNC 15 periodontal probe. By a mm scale

distance from the mucosal margin to the base of the peri-implant pocket as measured with a PCP UNC 15 periodontal probe. Scale in mm.

: presence or absence of bleeding when performing the peri-implant probing. By a categorical nominal answer Yes or No

Presence or absence of suppuration when performing the peri- implant probing. By a categorical nominal answer Yes or No

distance from the mucogingival line to the peri-implant mucosal margin in the buccal site as measured with a PCP UNC 15 periodontal probe. In a mm scale

exposure of any of the abutment or implant components, by a categorical nominal answer Yes or No

Any undesired event in the prosthetic component (abutment or crown), for example, screw loosening, ceramic chipping

Elapsed time from the birthdate until the date of intervention assignment. Expressed in exact years.

male/female. Expressed as absolute and relative frequency.

Non-smoker, Smoker ≤ 10 cig per day or Former smoker. Expressed as absolute and relative frequencies.

Subjective evaluation during drilling. Type I, II, III, IV (Lekhom and Zarb, 1986). Expressed as absolute and relative frequencies.

Proposed by O'Leary in 1972. Expressed as relative frequency.

Proposed by Ainamo and Bay in 1975. Expressed as relative frequency.

Relationship between the crown and the implant length. Measured in periapical radiographs. Expressed as mean and SD/median or IQR.

1st or 2nd molar. Expressed as absolute and relative frequency.

Based on a resonance frequency analysis (with ISQ values). Expressed as means and SD /median and IQR.

Measured with a PCP UNC 15 periodontal probe as the distance from the bone crest to the most coronal portion of keratinized tissue once the buccal flap is raised. Expressed as means and SD /median and IQR.