What’s success rate on dental implants?
Friday, December 21st, 2007Although still not ideal implant system available (see below), the former, according to scientific criteria investigated remarkable successes:
The “5-Jahres-Erfolgsquote” is in literature, with about 95% for the lower jaw and ~ 90% for the upper jaw. This percentage difference is the different bone structures of the two jaws to explain.
As implant success criteria, the following views:
Absent sustained complaints such as pain, infection, numbness, neuropathies
No movement
X-ray no gap between implant and bone visible
Only small bone loss (0.2 mm) in the first year of implantation
The satisfaction of the patient.
Often in the literature a certain length of a couch implant (eg “.. 5-Jahres-Überlebensrate of 90%”). Such figures are currently Even with a certain reluctance to consider, as some studies the implant loss within the first year, not take account of other data only say that the implant is still in the mouth, but nothing about the state of affairs.
