Methods: The study included 72 jaws in 61 patients treated between the years 1994 and 2007. Treatment included extraction of all teeth in the same jaw and fixed full arch implant rehabilitation. Of the implants, 44.69% were inserted in fresh extraction sockets and 55.31% in healed sites. In 18 patients (22 jaws), 158 implants were loaded immediately after placements. The patients were reexamined clinically and radiographically annually.
Results: Overall, 72 jaws were evaluated; 46 maxillae and 26 mandibles. The mean follow-up period was 60.5 (± 45.8) ranged from 6 to 146 months. Overall, 24 implant failed in 16 jaws resulting a 96.14% survival over the follow-up period.
Implant failure did not resulted in prosthetic failure; i.e. all patients received fixed full arch rehabilitation regardless the fact that implants failed.
Conclusion: Fixed full arch implant rehabilitation could serve as a viable solution for edentulous patients even when combined with immediate implantation and immediate functional provisionalisation. Survival rates of implants supporting fixed full arch rehabilitation are not jeopardized.