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<\/p>\nThe study evaluated rates of dental implant loss and peri-implantitis as the result of dental implants.<\/p>\n
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Any dental procedure comes with the chance of infection, but a recent study out of Sweden has discovered that patients with dental implants run a high risk \u2013 and that several contributing factors can exacerbate this risk<\/p>\n
The research out of the University of Gothenburg aimed to evaluate the correlation between dental implants, implant loss and peri-implantitis, a destructive infection that affects the tissue surrounding dental implants and can result in loss of supporting jawbone. Researchers also explored the relationship between periodontitis and rates of implant loss.<\/p>\n
The study consisted of 4,716 randomly selected participants that had all had dental implants in 2003-2004. Researchers sent out a survey and received dental records and charts for 2,765 patients in the study. 596 patients were also examined at a nine-year follow-up appointment. The results found that almost eight percent of patients with dental implants experienced the loss of at least one implant within that timeframe.<\/p>\n
More research on dental implants<\/a>: New discovery can prevent dental implant infections<\/p>\n \u201cAltogether, 7.6 percent of patients had lost at least one implant and 14.5 percent had developed peri-implantitis with pronounced bone loss,\u201d reported Dr. Jan Derks, a researcher at Sahlgrenska Academy. 50 percent of patients presented with some signs of peri-implantitis, but only 14.5% were considered to have moderate to severe implications (equating to a crestal bone loss exceeding 2 mm). The 7.6 percent that had lost an implant showed an average loss of 29 percent of bone support.<\/p>\n Dr. Derks\u2019 research also found that patients with preexisting periodontitis experienced an increased risk of peri-implantitis. Smoking was also identified as a risk factor contributing to early implant loss. The study also reported that \u201cprogression of peri-implantitis occurred in a non-linear, accelerating pattern, and, in the majority of cases, the onset of the disease had occurred early.\u201d<\/p>\n More emerging research: Study finds protein can inhibit bone loss from periodontitis<\/p>\n Interestingly, the rate of implant failure did not differ between the general practice and specialty practices. \u201c22% of all patients in the present sample received their implants in a general practice setting, and implant los in this subgroup was not different from outcomes in patients treated in specialist clinics,\u201d the study stated.<\/p>\n \u201cPeri-implantitis appears to develop within a few years and then progresses quickly at an accelerating pace,\u201d said Dr. Derks. He hopes that the information gained from the study can help dentists minimize the risk of peri-implantitis and implant loss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The study evaluated rates of dental implant loss and peri-implantitis as the result of dental implants. Any dental procedure comes with the chance of infection, but a recent study out of Sweden has discovered that patients with dental implants run a high risk \u2013 and that several contributing factors can exacerbate this risk The research … Continue reading New study finds troubling rates of dental implant complications<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dental-implant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinadentalsupplier.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinadentalsupplier.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinadentalsupplier.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinadentalsupplier.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinadentalsupplier.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinadentalsupplier.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":452,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinadentalsupplier.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451\/revisions\/452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinadentalsupplier.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinadentalsupplier.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinadentalsupplier.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}