Dental implants in this day and age are a widely accepted treatment modality in dental practices. There is limited knowledge of what complications are associated with dental implants. In addition to this deficit, it is also unknown as to how often these complications occur.
One of the best things to know about possible complications is if they may be avoided. The best complications are those that are due to a patient risk factor. This may be smoking, or a medication that may inhibit wound healing. Those are issues where patients can fix the risk factor prior to surgery and prevent a possible complication.
A recent study out of the Harvard dental school of medicine looked at hundreds of dental implant procedures to see what complications occurred from the surgeries and how often. What they noted out of the 677 procedures is that complications occurred 14% of the time. Their main objective was to see which risk factors were present that could be avoided.
Among this 14% complication rate, the breakdown was as follows. Most commonly, inflammatory complications occurred at 10%. Prosthetic complications occurred at 2.7% and operative complications came in at 1%.
The inflammatory type of complications were separated out into the following subcategories. Infection constituted 2.4%, mobility problems at 4%, pain and 1.6%, impaired wound healing at .7%, gingival recession at .4%, and peri-implantitis at 1%.
Several risk factors were statistically noted to be associated with implant complications period factors that statistically increase the overall complication risk included having the implants placed in one surgery by Tempe dentists, patient smoking, and the usage of reconstructive surgeries.
With regards to inflammatory complications, risk factors included patient smoking, the use of one stage implants, and the use of reconstructive procedures. With regards to operative complications, risk factors included once again the use of reconstructive procedures, along with implants being placed into the jaw.
At study completion, the authors came to the conclusion that they identified risk factors associated with implant complications that the dentist could help modify to decrease their incidents. There were essentially 2 that were overriding, those being patient tobacco usage and having the implants performed in one stage.
Dentists in Mesa to perform dental implants should trying to their patients to cease smoking as early as possible prior to surgery. It is well known that tobacco smoking decreases blood flow which can in effect increase the complication risk. Postoperative wounds the blood flow to heal properly, and without it it may take longer for the wound to heal or the patient may simply end up with an infection.
The additional consideration from this study is breaking up the implants into two stages. Most dentists Chandler do this anyway, by placing the foundation of the implant with a temporary tooth, letting the implant grow in, and then trading the temporary tooth out for a permanent one.
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