Simplified Methods of Implant Treatment in the Edentulous Lower Jaw: A 3‐Year Follow‐Up Report of a Controlled Prospective Study of One‐Stage versus Two‐Stage Surgery and Early Loading

Early loading seemed to give good results in the anterior part of the mandible. The survival rate of the early-loaded implants did not significantly differ from that of implants inserted with the conventional two-stage procedure, but the mean marginal bone loss around the surviving implants was less with early loading.