A Study of Early Loading of Implants in the Maxillary Anterior Region With Alveolar Bone Defects

With the improvement of people's living standards, implant restoration has become an ideal method for partially and completely edentulous patients. Traditional classic implant theory suggests a 3-6 month undisturbed healing period is required before permanent loading can take place. However, this loading plan takes a long time and cannot timely meet the chewing function and aesthetic needs of patients with anterior maxillary tooth loss. Currently, with the continuous improvement of implant design and surface treatment techniques, the speed of implant-bone integration has been increasing, and early loading has gradually become a clinical option. After carefully reviewing the research conducted by domestic and international scholars on early loading of implants in the anterior maxillary region , we found that the cases included in the articles were patients with anterior maxillary tooth loss who did not require simultaneous guided bone regeneration (GBR) surgery. It is well known that patients with anterior maxillary tooth loss often have significant alveolar bone defects. In such cases, GBR techniques are commonly used to repair the bone defect. However, due to the lack of relevant studies, the clinical loading strategies for implant cases with accompanying bone defects are relatively conservative. Clinically, a delayed loading restoration strategy is usually employed, which typically requires a delay of 6 months or even longer. However, delayed loading increases the patient's edentulous time, affects the function and stability of the dental arch, and increases the patient's psychological burden. Therefore, whether an early loading strategy can be used for implant cases with alveolar bone defects in the anterior maxillary region has become a key issue in clinical practice. However, there is few research reported on the timing and effectiveness of early loading of implants in the anterior maxillary region with accompanying alveolar bone defects. This study aims to