Oxidized titanium implants (Nobel Biocare^® TiUnite^™) compared with turned titanium implants (Nobel Biocare^® mark III^™) with respect to implant failure in a group of consecutive patients treated with early functional loading and two‐stage protocol

Abstract

Seven implants were lost in five patients (two males and three females), six in the maxilla and one in the mandible. All failed implants were Mark III implants, inserted following the traditional two-stage protocol. The implant success rate was 98.2% for the whole-patient group, divided as a 100% success rate following the implants with oxidized surface (Nobel Biocare TiUnite compared with a success rate of 96.4% with implants with turned surface (Nobel Biocare Mark III).