# Synergistic role of oral and maxillofacial surgery and prosthodontics in implant-based rehabilitation: a scoping review protocol

## TL;DR

This paper outlines a scoping review protocol to explore how oral surgery and prosthodontics work together in dental implant treatments.

## Contribution

The study introduces a systematic approach to synthesize fragmented literature on interdisciplinary implant therapy collaboration.

## Key findings

- A comprehensive search across multiple databases will identify collaborative models in implant therapy.
- The review will use PRISMA-ScR guidelines to ensure methodological rigor and transparency.
- Findings will highlight clinical domains, technologies, and research gaps in interdisciplinary dental care.

## Abstract

This protocol for scoping review aims to systematically map existing evidence on collaborative approaches between Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS) and Prosthodontics in implant therapy, exploring their implementation, influential clinical domains, current methodologies, technologies, and identifying research gaps.

Dental implant therapy has revolutionized patient care, but optimal success, especially in complex cases, hinges on precise surgical and prosthetic foresight. The synergy between OMFS and Prosthodontists is crucial. Modern dentistry embraces a prosthetically driven, integrated paradigm, greatly streamlined by digital workflows. Despite advancements, literature remains fragmented, lacking a comprehensive synthesis of collaborative models. This protocol for review seeks to bridge that gap.

Studies on adult (≥18 years) edentulous or partially edentulous patients undergoing implant-based rehabilitation, focusing on OMFS and Prosthodontics interdisciplinary collaboration in planning, surgery, and prosthetics, will be considered. All clinical settings, regions, and study designs (quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods, reviews, text/opinion papers) are included. Studies solely on a single discipline or maxillofacial prosthetics unrelated to tooth replacement via implants will be excluded.

This protocol for scoping review explains methodology that will follow PRISMA-ScR guidelines. A comprehensive search will be conducted across PubMed/MEDLINE, Scopus, Web of Science, Embase, and Cochrane Library. Two independent reviewers will screen titles, abstracts, and full texts. Data extraction will use a standardized charting form, followed by descriptive and thematic analysis, presented narratively with tables/figures.

Open Science Framework 10.17605/OSF.IO/USZ9V