Practice abstract
British Dental Journal 202, 123 - 129 (2007)
doi:10.1038/bdj.2007.74
Subject Category: Implants
Failures in implant dentistry
- Different areas of failure are discussed.
- Operator factors, patient factors and anatomic factors pre-disposing to failure are presented.
- Most failures can be prevented with proper treatment planning.
Implants
- Rationale for dental implants
- Treatment planning of implants in posterior quadrants
- Treatment planning of implants in the aesthetic zone
- Surgical guidelines for dental implant placement
- Immediate implant placement: treatment planning and surgical steps for successful outcomes
- Treatment planning of the edentulous maxilla
- Treatment planning of the edentulous mandible
- Impressions techniques for implant dentistry
- Screw versus cemented implant supported restorations
- Designing abutments for cement retained implant supported restorations
- Connecting implants to teeth
- Transitioning a patient from teeth to implants
- The role of orthodontics in implant dentistry
- Interdisciplinary approach to implant dentistry
- Factors that affect individual tooth prognosis and choices in contemporary treatment planning
- Maintenance and failures
Abstract
This article describes the many failures and complications that can occur when using implants to support restorations. Most of these failures can be prevented with proper patient selection and treatment planning. Implant failures can be largely classified into four main categories: 1) loss of integration, 2) positional failures 3) soft tissue defects, and 4) biomechanical failures. Each of these will be discussed with examples to illustrate the problem.
- Ralph W. and Jean L. Bleak Professor of Restorative Dentistry, Director of Implant Dentistry at the University of Southern California School of Dentistry / Private Prosthodontics Practitioner, Pasadena, California
- Chairman, Section of Fixed Prosthodontics and Operative Dentistry, University of Southern California School of Dentistry / Private Prosthodontics Practitioner, Burbank, California
Correspondence to: W. Chee1
School of Dentistry, Rm. 4374 University Park, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0641, USA
e-mail: wchee@usc.edu
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