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Long‐Term Evaluation of ANKYLOS ® Dental Implants, Part I : 20‐Year Life Table Analysis of a Longitudinal Study of More Than 12,500 Implants
Author(s) -
Krebs Mischa,
Schmenger Kai,
Neumann Konrad,
Weigl Paul,
Moser Walter,
Nentwig GeorgHubertus
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
clinical implant dentistry and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.338
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1708-8208
pISSN - 1523-0899
DOI - 10.1111/cid.12154
Subject(s) - medicine , dentistry , maxilla , implant , prosthesis , dental prosthesis , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , osseointegration , surgery , botany , biology , genus
Purpose Scientific evidence is limited regarding the long‐term (>10 years) outcomes of large enough numbers of implants (>500) to allow for reliable comparison of subgroups. The purpose of this study was to analyze the outcomes of dental implants placed in an active University Clinic setting and followed for up to 20 years. Materials and Methods Data documenting the implant placement, prosthetic reconstruction, and annual follow‐up of patients treated at Frankfurt University were extracted from a Structured Query Language database and patients' written records and evaluated statistically. Results Between A pril of 1991 and M ay of 2011, 12,737 ANKYLOS ® (DENTSPLY Implants Manufacturing GmbH, Mannheim, Germany) implants were placed in 4,206 patients for a variety of clinical indications. The Kaplan–Meier cumulative survival rate ( CSR ) was 93.3% after 204 months. Most of the failures (198/1.6%) occurred during the first year after implant placement and before prosthesis delivery. A significantly higher ( p < .001) number of implants placed in the mandible and in hard quality bone failed than those placed in the maxilla or in weak and normal quality bone. Female patients had significantly higher CSRs (93.7% 204 months) than male patients (92.8% 204 months/ p = .029). The implants showed low rates of peri‐implant bone loss after 204 months (horizontal: ≤1 mm: 85.7%, vertical: ≤1 mm: 85.2%). Conclusion ANKYLOS dental implants followed for up to 20 years have high CSRs and low rates of peri‐implant bone loss.