Open AccessTechnical complications of implant-causes and management: A comprehensive review
Author(s) -
Swati Gupta,
Hemant Gupta,
Amrit Tandan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
national journal of maxillofacial surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-3418
pISSN - 0975-5950
DOI - 10.4103/0975-5950.168233
Subject(s) - medicine , implant , rehabilitation , scope (computer science) , dentistry , implant failure , abutment , fixture , dental implant , risk analysis (engineering) , surgery , physical therapy , mechanical engineering , civil engineering , computer science , engineering , programming language
Given the increasing popularity of dental implants, the number of failures due to late implant fracture is also expected to increase. Hence, the scope for prevention and management needs to be emphasized. The objective of this review article is to analyze the various causes of failure of dental implants due to implant fixture/abutment screw fractures and also to enumerate the management and the preventive options for these failures, thereby aiming to help the clinicians to properly plan the implant-supported prosthesis treatment by considering the important biomechanical aspects of this type of rehabilitation. The present review emphasizes the causes and management of technical complications and not the incidence of such complications.