Immediately Restored, Single‐Tapered Implants in the Anterior Maxilla: Prosthodontic and Aesthetic Outcomes After 1 Year

Abstract

Tapered, roughened-surface implants immediately restored with single provisional crowns at surgery and definitive crowns 8 weeks later were as prosthodontically and aesthetically successful as conventionally restored two-stage implants during the first year of service. Restoring single implants immediately with screw-retained crowns is an efficient procedure, but the short-term outcome is by no means superior to a conventional two-stage approach.