@article{c213e36ae5184573b692ee81494dac73,
title = "Annual review of selected dental literature: Report of the Committee on Scientific Investigation of the American Academy of Restorative Dentistry",
abstract = "The 2003 implant literature was similar to literature of the preceding years. Many studies were described, and much data was presented. However, the majority of the published articles lack sufficient scientific validity to advance the established evidence base; this is primarily a problem of trial design. It is clear that implant therapy should be restoratively driven rather than surgically driven. Each patient should be carefully analyzed from the viewpoint of definitive restoration prior to surgery, and that information should then used by the surgeon to optimize implant placement. The same concept should be used in implant trials, so that the resultant data will provide the clinically relevant information.",
author = "Allen, {Edward P.} and Bayne, {Stephen C.} and Cronin, {Robert J.} and Donovan, {Terence E.} and Kois, {John C.} and Summitt, {James B.}",
note = "Funding Information: Success was defined as implants with less than 2 mm of bone loss over 5 years after placement of the prostheses. The titanium implants were used as the control group. Using this criterion for success, all types of implants placed in this study had success rates above 95%. At 5 years, 95.2% of the machined titanium implants were successful, while 97.9% of the HA-coated threaded implants and 99.0% of the HA-coated cylindrical implants were successful. This is an example of a well designed and well conducted clinical trial, and the conclusion that at 5 years the success rate favored HA-coated implants seems valid. The authors acknowledge financial support for the study by Nobel Biocare. ",
year = "2004",
month = jul,
doi = "10.1016/j.prosdent.2004.04.015",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "92",
pages = "39--71",
journal = "Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry",
issn = "0022-3913",
publisher = "Mosby Inc.",
number = "1",
}