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Murat Cavit C¸ ehreli Spontaneous early exposure and Ali Murat Ko¨kat marginal bone loss around Serdar Uysal Kivanc Akca conventionally and early-placed submerged implants: a double-blind study Authors’ affiliations: Murat Cavit C¸ ehreli , Key words: conventional placement, cover screw exposure, early placement, marginal CosmORAL Oral and Dental Health Polyclinics, bone loss, submerged Section of Prosthodontics, Ankara, Turkey Ali Murat Ko¨kat, Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Abstract Turkey Purpose: The aim of this retrospective study was to compare the frequency of spontaneous Serdar Uysal, Department of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Hacettepe early exposure of cover screws and marginal bone resorption in conventionally and early- University, Ankara, Turkey placed submerged implants before second-stage surgery. Kivanc Akca, Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Materials and methods: A total of 103 Nobel Biocare Branemark implants were Turkey conventionally (Group 1), or early-placed (Group 2) in 46 consecutive patients following the Corresponding author: two-stage surgical protocol. Patients in both groups received oral hygiene training in self- Murat Cehreli performed plaque control measures, including exposure of cover screws during healing. CosmORAL Oral and Dental Health Polyclinics Spontaneous cover screw exposur