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Evaluation of peri-implant tissue in nonsubmerged dental implants: a multicenter retrospective study
Young-Kyun Kim1, Su-Gwan Kim, Hee-Kyun Oh
1Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Seoul National University, Bundang Hospital, GwangJu City, South Korea.
Objectives:
The objective of this study was to evaluate the peri-implant's hard and soft tissue response associated with the 1-stage, nonsubmerged, endosseous dental implant.
Study Design:
A multicenter retrospective clinical evaluation was performed on 339 nonsubmerged implants placed in 108 patients at 5 clinical centers between January 2003 and December 2007.
Results:
After a mean follow-up period of 30 months, the mean crestal bone resorption in 339 implants was 0.43 mm. The survival and success rates were observed to be 99.1% and 95.1%, respectively. The mean calculus, inflammatory, and plaque indices were 0.13, 0.37, and 0.73, respectively, and the mean width of buccal keratinized mucosa was observed to be 2.43 mm.
Conclusion:
The short- to intermediate-term evaluation of the 1-stage, nonsubmerged, endosseous implant yields relatively high survival and success rates.
