Heydecke, Guido https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8550-5283
Mirzakhanian, Christine
Behneke, Alexandra
Behneke, Nikolaus
Fügl, Alexander
Zechner, Werner
Baer, Russell A.
Nölken, Robert
Gottesman, Edward
Colic, Snjezana
Ottria, Liliana
Pozzi, Alessandro
Funding for this research was provided by:
Nobel Biocare (grant T-179, clinicaltrials.gov NCT02175550)
Article History
Received: 28 June 2017
Accepted: 4 September 2018
First Online: 17 September 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Dr. GH received grants and non-financial support from Nobel Biocare while the study was conducted. Dr. AF received grants from Nobel Biocare while the study was conducted. Dr. WZ received grants from Nobel Biocare while the study was conducted and personal fees from Nobel Biocare unrelated to this study; Dr. WZ also received non-financial support from Straumann; grants, personal fees, non-financial support, and other from Nobel Biocare; and personal fees from Zimmer Biomet that were unrelated to this study. Dr. CM received grants and non-financial support from Nobel Biocare while the study was conducted. Dr. RB received grants from Nobel Biocare while the study was conducted and personal fees from Nobel Biocare that were unrelated to this study. Dr. RN received grants from Nobel Biocare while the study was conducted and personal fees from Nobel Biocare that were unrelated to this study. Drs. AP, NB, AB, EG, and SC have no conflicts of interest to declare. All authors contributed equally to this work.
: All patients provided written informed consent prior to inclusion in the study.
: All procedures were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committees and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments. Ethical approval was granted by Comitato Etico Independiente, PTV, Rome, Italy (registration number 56/11); Ethical & Independent Review Services (E&I IRB), USA (registration number 11041-07); Ethik Kommission, Landesärztekammer Rheinland-Pfalz, Mainz, Germany (registration number 837.214.11(7756)); Ethik Kommission der Ärztekammer Hamburg, Germany (registration number PV3756); Freiburger ethik kommission, Germany (registration number 011/1203); Ethik Kommission der Medizinischen Universität Wien, Austria (registration number 356/2011); and Ethics Committee, Stomatology University, Belgrade, Serbia (registration number 36/12).