Purpose: The aim of this system review was to evaluate clinical and radiographic performance of one-piece implant (OPI) and two-piece implant (TPI).
Methods: Electronic database searches were performed in MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and OpenGrey databases up to May 2019. Two authors individually screened the related literatures according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Main clinical outcomes included failure and complication rates. Radiographic outcomes were peri-implant bone loss between baseline and last available follow-up.
Results: Finally, 11 articles reporting 10 different studies were included in this review. No statistically significant difference (P = 0.22) in risk of failure was found between the two types of implants (RR: 0.49, 95% CI: 0.16-1.53). Peri-implantitis accounted for most failures and complications and there was no statistically significant difference in risk of peri-implantitis no matter after 1 year follow-up (RR: 1.15, 95% CI: 0.37-3.53, P = 0.81) or at 2-3 years (RR: 1.95, 95% CI: 0.23-16.63, P = 0.54). With regard to the marginal bone loss (MBL) around implants, subgroup meta-analysis by platform switching versus platform matching showed a significant MBL-reducing effect for TPI when compared to OPI (WMD: 0.21mm, 95% CI: 0.07-0.36mm, P = 0.004) in the platform-switching subgroup, while no significant difference in MBL was observed between the two groups in the platform-matching subgroup (P = 0.67).
Conclusions: The results of this review suggested that OPI and TPI showed similar short-term survival rates and incidences of complications. Nevertheless, TPI with platform switching may be a better option to reduce peri-implant bone loss.
Keywords: Failure; Marginal bone loss; Meta-analysis; One-piece implant; Two-piece implant.