Personalized Implantology With Root-Analougue Implants:
Advances in CAD/CAM, 3D Printing, and Biomaterials.
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https://doi.org/10.36557/2009-3578.2025v11n2p3198-3208Keywords:
Dental implants, Digital implantology, CAD/CAM, 3D printing, Root-analogueAbstract
Modern implant dentistry has been characterized by the pursuit of increasingly personalized and biomimetic solutions, aiming to combine functional predictability with high aesthetic outcomes. Within this context, root-analogue implants (RAI) have emerged as an innovative alternative, as they faithfully replicate the natural root morphology and allow immediate placement after tooth extraction, preserving alveolar bone and peri-implant soft tissues. This study presents a narrative literature review based on seventeen articles published between 2004 and 2025, covering initial clinical applications as well as the development of digital technologies and biomaterials applied to personalized implantology. The studies reviewed highlight significant advances in CAD/CAM systems, 3D printing, and materials such as titanium, zirconia, polyether-ether-ketone (PEEK), and polycaprolactone (PCL), emphasizing personalization as an irreversible trend in the field. Although short-term survival rates of RAI reported in the literature are encouraging, the available evidence remains limited to case series and studies with short to medium-term follow-ups, lacking robust randomized clinical trials. It is concluded that root-analogue implants hold great clinical and aesthetic potential but should still be regarded as experimental, with their widespread adoption depending on further scientific validation through long-term clinical studies.
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