Despite of the positive findings achieved by the included studies , few RCTs were available for analysis for SLActive implants .
OBJECTIVE To assess the survival percentage , clinical and radiographic outcomes of s and blasted and acid-etched ( SLA ) dental implants  and its modified surface ( SLActive ) in protocol s involving immediate and early occlusal loading .
Early loading of sandblasted and acid-etched implants: a randomized-controlled double-blind split-mouth study. Five-year results.
OBJECTIVES The aim of the present split-mouth study is to assess the peri-implant conditions around early-loaded s and blasted and acid-etched ( SLA ) implants , 5 years after abutment connection and to compare , in the same patients , the results obtained with a st and ard protocol using identical implants with a TPS surface . MATERIAL AND METHODS Surgical procedure was performed by the same operator and was identical at test ( SLA ) and control ( TPS ) sites , in 32 healthy patients . Abutment connection was carried out at 35 N cm 6 weeks postsurgery for test sites and 12 weeks for the controls . Patients were seen regularly , for control and professional cleaning . At 60 months , clinical measures and radiographic bone changes were recorded by the same operator , blind to the type of surface of the implant , on 27 patients , as five patients were lost to follow-up . RESULTS A total number of 106 implants were examined . No implant was lost . No significant differences were found with respect to the presence of plaque [ modified plaque index ( mPI ) 0.27+/-0.56 vs. 0.32+/-0.54 ] , bleeding on probing ( 29 % vs. 32 % ) , mean pocket depth ( 3.2+/-1 vs. 3.2+/-1 mm ) or mean marginal bone loss ( 0.32+/-1.04 vs. 0.44+/-1.12 mm ) between test and control . Four implants that presented ' spinning ' at the time of abutment connection presented no significant differences from the rest of the test sites . CONCLUSION The results of this prospect i ve study confirm that SLA implants , under defined conditions , are suitable for early loading at 6 weeks in both the m and ible and the maxilla . Limited implant spinning , occasionally found at abutment connection , produces no detrimental effect on the clinical outcome when properly h and led
Despite of the positive findings achieved by the included studies , few RCTs were available for analysis for SLActive implants .
OBJECTIVE To assess the survival percentage , clinical and radiographic outcomes of s and blasted and acid-etched ( SLA ) dental implants  and its modified surface ( SLActive ) in protocol s involving immediate and early occlusal loading .