Effectiveness of implant therapy analyzed in a Swedish population: early and late implant loss.

ABSTRACT: Treatment outcomes in implant dentistry have been mainly assessed as implant survival rates in small, selected patient groups of specialist or university clinical settings. This study reports on loss of dental implants assessed in a large and randomly selected patient sample. The results were aimed at representing evaluation of effectiveness of implant dentistry. Using the national data register of the Swedish Social Insurance Agency, 4,716 patients were randomly selected. All had been provided with implant-supported restorative therapy in 2003. Patient files of 2,765 patients (11,311 implants) were collected from more than 800 clinicians. Information on patients, treatment procedures, and outcomes related to the implant-supported restorative therapy was extracted from the files. In total,

SUBMITTER: Derks J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4541089 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature