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A review on alveolar bone augmentation and dental implant success in diabetic patients
Author(s) -
Erdogan Ö.,
Charudilaka S.,
Tatlı U.,
Damlar I.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
oral surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.156
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 1752-248X
pISSN - 1752-2471
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-248x.2010.01091.x
Subject(s) - medicine , contraindication , dental implant , dentistry , implant , diabetes mellitus , dental alveolus , alveolar ridge , osseointegration , complication , surgery , pathology , alternative medicine , endocrinology
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic disease characterised with hyperglycaemia and its complications include microvascular and macrovascular diseases of the various organs. Due to microvascular complications seen in DM, it is considered a relative contraindication to dental implant therapy‐related surgeries by some authors. Alveolar bone augmentation procedures are frequently applied in implant dentistry and it can be defined as any attempt to preserve or increase the height or the width of the residual ridge, or the repair defects with grafts or biomaterials. The objective of this article was to review the success rate of dental implant therapy with or without alveolar bone augmentation procedures in diabetic patients. For this purpose, a literature survey has been conducted on clinical studies, which report dental implant/alveolar bone augmentation success in patients with DM. According to current literature, dental implants can be administered safely in patients with controlled DM. However, the prognosis of alveolar bone augmentation procedures is still questionable in diabetic patients. The glycaemic status of diabetic patients should be determined based on the patients' recent HbA1c measurements and an increased complication rate should be expected in poorly controlled diabetic status.