[Treatment of edentulousness by use of osteointegrated implants i e Brånemark]

The aim of the study was to evaluate and compare the results of treatment achieved with the Brånemark implantsystem in patients treated in our hospital and patients treated in surgical practice. This study includes 96 patients who received a total of 457 implants. Fifty-two patients were treated in the hospital with 304 implants and 44 patients were treated in practice with 153 implants. Most of the patients treated in the hospital received fixed bridges after a total jaw implant reconstruction. In this group complicating medical diseases and severely altered jaw anatomy have influenced the treatment results for which reason 37 (12%) of implants installed were lost. Treatment of partially edentulousness and single tooth loss with implants was dominating in the group of patients treated in surgical practice. In this group only 3 (2%) implants installed were lost. The results of the present study are comparable with other published reports and indicates that Brånemark implants has a predictably good prognosis. Furthermore, this study has shown that implant treatment significantly improve the prosthodontic function in patients suffering from edentulousness.