Open AccessDental implants placed in patients with mechanical risk factors: A long-term follow-up retrospective study
Author(s) -
Piero Papi,
Stefano Di Carlo,
Francesca Mencio,
Daniele Rosella,
Francesca De Angelis,
Giorgio Pompa
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of international society of preventive and community dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.476
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2250-1002
pISSN - 2231-0762
DOI - 10.4103/jispcd.jispcd_497_16
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , proportional hazards model , implant , dentistry , retrospective cohort study , implant failure , confidence interval , crown (dentistry) , dental implant , abutment , survival analysis , surgery , civil engineering , engineering
Risk factors in oral implantology are defined as local or systemic conditions that increase failure rates. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the long-term survival rate of dental implants placed in patients presenting mechanical risk factors.