Title

Evaluating stress distribution and clinical success in varied dental implant designs

Authors

Utkarsh Singh¹,*, Antriksh Azad², Prakhar Agarwal³, Vidhi Chhabra Rathi⁴, Anshul Jain⁴, Kritika Sehrawat⁴ & Santosh Kumar⁵

Affiliation

¹Department of Dental Sciences, Apollo Medics Super Speciality Hospitals, Lucknow, India; ²Department of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics, College of Dental Science & Hospital, Rau, Indore, India; ³Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Darshan Dental College, Udaipur, India; ⁴Department of Oral and maxillofacial surgery, Kalka Dental College, Meerut, India; ⁵Department of Periodontology & Implantology, Karnavati University, Uvarsad, Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Utkarsh Singh - E-mail: ut1989reloaded@gmail.com
Antriksh Azad - E-mail: antriksh02@gmail.com
Prakhar Agarwal - E-mail: medrprakhar@gmail.com
Vidhi Chhabra Rathi - E-mail: dr.vidhi22@gmail.com
Anshul Jain - E-mail: dranshuljain7@gmail.com
Kritika Sehrawat - E-mail: kritikasehrawat16@gmail.com
Santosh Kumar - E-mail: santoshkumar@karnavatiuniversity.edu.in

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received January 1, 2026; Revised January 31, 2026; Accepted January 31, 2026, Published January 31, 2026

Abstract

Biomechanical implant design influences peri-implant stress distribution and long-term bone maintenance despite modern advances. Therefore, it is of interest to compare traditional threaded, tapered and platform-switched implants in 75 patients receiving 90 implants across varying bone densities and arch locations over 3 years. Platform-switched implants showed 34% lower crestal stress (p<0.001) versus conventional designs via FEA validation. Marginal bone loss measured 0.42±0.18 mm for platform-switched versus higher losses in others (p<0.001), with equivalent survival rates. Platform-switching provides superior biomechanical protection and bone preservation, establishing evidence-based design superiority for clinical practice.

Keywords

Dental implants; stress distribution; finite element analysis; platform-switching; tapered implants; clinical success; marginal bone loss

Citation

Singh et al. Bioinformation 22(1): 482-487 (2026)

Edited by

Vini Mehta

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.