A five-year life-table analysis on wide neck ITI implants with prosthetic evaluation and radiographic analysis: results from a private practice

Clin Oral Implants Res. 2006 Oct;17(5):512-20. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0501.2006.01271.x.

Abstract

This paper reports a 5-year life-table analysis on wide neck (WN) ITI implants placed in a private practice. In 212 patients, 263 implants were placed in the posterior region; 97% rehabilitated the molar area. Implants in the mandible and in the maxilla were 61.2% and 38.8%, respectively; the mean implant length was 9.7 and 8.9 mm, respectively. Eighty-nine percent sites had both vestibular and buccal bone lamellae > or =1 mm, 9.1% had one of them <1 mm and 1.9% had both lamellae <1 mm. Sinus perforation during surgery occurred in 52% of the maxillary implants. Prosthetic information was available for 249 implants; implants were involved in 157 single crowns (SC) and 80 fixed partial dentures (FPD). Radiographic analysis was performed on 102 implants that reached the 2-year control, and crestal bone loss (CBL) was measured. Results showed that five implants failed; the 5-year cumulative survival rate was 97.89%. The 1-year survival rate based on 259 implants was 98.8% and the 2-year survival rate based on 174 implants was 97.7%. In this 5-year timeframe, 94.3% of the SCs and 96.2% of the FPDs were free of complication. The mean CBL at the mesial and distal sides was 0.71 and 0.60 mm, respectively; bone losses >1 and >2 mm were recorded for 29.7% and 2.5% of the sides, respectively. This mid-term study showed that the WN ITI implants were highly predictable in private practice and that prosthetic complication in the molar area was an infrequent event.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Alveolar Bone Loss / diagnostic imaging
  • Bicuspid
  • Bone Density
  • Crowns / statistics & numerical data
  • Dental Implants* / adverse effects
  • Dental Implants* / statistics & numerical data
  • Dental Prosthesis Design*
  • Dental Restoration Failure
  • Denture, Partial, Fixed / statistics & numerical data
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Life Tables
  • Male
  • Mandible / diagnostic imaging
  • Mandible / surgery
  • Maxilla / diagnostic imaging
  • Maxilla / surgery
  • Maxillary Sinus / injuries
  • Middle Aged
  • Molar
  • Radiography
  • Surface Properties
  • Survival Analysis

Substances

  • Dental Implants