@article{Ortega-Martínez_2021, title={CORRELATION BETWEEN LOCAL BONE DENSITY AND INSERTION TORQUE AS PREDICTORS OF IMMEDIATE IMPLANT LOADING. A BIBLIOGRAPHIC REVIEW}, volume={8}, url={https://journals.scholarpublishing.org/index.php/JBEMi/article/view/10200}, DOI={10.14738/jbemi.83.10200}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Title: </strong>Correlation between local bone density and insertion torque as predictor of immediate implant loading. A bibliographic review.</p> <p><strong> </strong><strong>Background</strong>: Implants have become an alternative to rehabilitate lost teeth. One of the prerequisites for immediate loading is to determine primary stability by analyzing bone density and insertion torque.</p> <p><strong>Aims</strong>: A bibliographic review is conducted to correlate local bone density and insertion torque as predictors of the immediate loading of an implant.</p> <p><strong>Materials and methods</strong>: Review using PubMed databases of systematic reviews, meta-analyses, randomized clinical studies, non-randomized clinical studies, in vitro studies, cohort studies, cross-sectional studies, and clinical trials, either in English or in Spanish. The focus was on the correlation between local bone density and insertion torque.</p> <p><strong>Results</strong>: Local bone density is a useful guide for determining insertion torque and predicting initial implant stability.</p> <p><strong>Discussion</strong>: The insertion torque and bone density values determine whether immediate loading of the implant is possible or not, and therefore predict this possibility.</p> <p><strong>Conclusions</strong>: A correlation between local bone density and insertion torque was established, and this correlation predicts immediate loading of an implant. Therefore, to reach a consensus, further studies should consider all the factors influencing this concept.</p>}, number={3}, journal={British Journal of Healthcare and Medical Research}, author={Ortega-Martínez, Jordi}, year={2021}, month={May}, pages={1–9} }