[The clinico-immunological aspects of dental implantology]

Analyzes the clinical and immunologic data evidencing that implantation, as a rule, induces immunologic shifts in patient's body. Traces the direct relationship between the frequency and severity of complications and the type of the patient's immune response to implantation, the intensity of this response being directly related to the implantation material and volume. Basing on the relationship between the clinical and immunologic data, recommends examination of the patients' immune status for the prediction of the results of the surgical stage of dental implantation and for the assessment of new implantation material intended for introduction into practical dentistry.