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Short Implants: A Descriptive Study of 273 Implants
Author(s) -
SánchezGarcés M. Angels,
CostaBerenguer Xavier,
GayEscoda Cosme
Publication year - 2012
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/j.1708-8208.2010.00301.x
Subject(s) - dentistry , descriptive research , implant , medicine , orthodontics , mathematics , surgery , statistics
Purpose: The study aims to assess the performance of short implants in a series of patients with severe alveolar resorption. Materials and Methods: A review is made of 273 implants measuring 10 mm or less, placed by conventional surgery or using osteotomes, and with a postloading follow‐up of between 18 months and 12 years (mean 81 months). Results: A total of 20 failures were recorded (7.33%), with a global implant survival of 92.67%. The survival rate for 10 mm implants was 92.82%, versus 92.5% in the case of those measuring less than 10 mm. Overall, the failure rate was lowest for the treated surface implants (2.56% vs 4.76%). On considering the implants measuring under 10 mm, the failure rates were similar in both groups (3.77%). Conclusions: Short implants are a good treatment alternative for patients with severe alveolar resorption of both jaws.