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Medical contraindications to implant therapy: Part II: Relative contraindications
1Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1078, USA.
Implant Dentistry
|March 16, 2007
Summary
Systemic health conditions and lifestyle habits can impact dental implant success. Many diseases, when managed, do not prevent successful dental implants, allowing survival rates comparable to healthy patients.
Area of Science:
- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- Periodontology
- Dental Implantology
Background:
- Systemic conditions and lifestyle habits significantly influence dental implant survival rates.
- Impaired healing cascades due to illness can negatively affect surgical outcomes.
- The presence of a disease does not always contraindicate dental implant therapy.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review systemic conditions and habits that are considered relative contraindications for dental implant therapy.
- To analyze how various health disorders and lifestyle choices affect long-term dental implant outcomes.
- To identify situations where dental implants can still achieve high survival rates despite underlying health issues.
Main Methods:
- Literature review of studies examining systemic conditions and dental implant survival.
- Analysis of factors influencing the success rates of dental implants in patients with specific health issues.
- Synthesis of evidence on the impact of relative contraindications on implant longevity.
Main Results:
- Adolescence, aging, osteoporosis, smoking, diabetes, positive interleukin-1 genotype, HIV positivity, cardiovascular disease, and hypothyroidism are discussed as relative contraindications.
- Controlled systemic disorders can allow for dental implant survival rates similar to those in healthy individuals.
- The mere presence of a disease does not automatically preclude successful dental implant treatment.
Conclusions:
- Many systemic conditions and lifestyle habits are not absolute contraindications for dental implants.
- Careful patient selection and management allow for successful dental implant outcomes even with certain health challenges.
- Understanding these relative contraindications is crucial for optimizing dental implant therapy planning and success.
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