Risk of implant failure in smokers Abstract:
Failure of dental implants to achieve the osteo-integration is often attributed to the variable base of the patient, such as smoking. This meta-analysis examines outcomes of clinical studies that followed the performance of machined surface implants OSSEOTITE; analysis also isolates the effect of smoking. The data for the implant machined surface implants are derived from three prospective studies (n = 2274) for implants OSSEOTITE. All surgical implant placement following a surgical phase approach in two with a period of healing discharged 4 to 6 months. An assessment of data sets (ie smokers against non-smokers) was performed to determine the existence of an imbalance in baseline variables, including patient demographics, bone quality, the location, size and types of prostheses. The analysis of the distributions of these basic variables showed similar and therefore qualified proportionalities data sets for the comparison of cumulative success rate (CSR) of implants on the basis of smoking. For non-smokers 2117, machined surface implants, the year CSR 3 is 92.8% for the 492 implants in the smoking group, CSR is 93.5%. The 1877 CSR 3 for non-smokers OSSEOTITE implants is 98.4% for smoking implants 397 It is 98.7%. No differences were observed between groups of smoking and non-smoking groups in these patient populations. There are, however, a clinically relevant differences observed between the two types of implants.
Despite rigid adherence to established protocols, certain groups of patients lose an abnormally high intraocular bone. This clustering of failures for both patients and clinicians and lead to the retrospective assessment of variables that may have contributed to the problem. These variables describe biological and mechanical parameters considered to have an effect on the functional longevity of the implant. In addition, they include the quality and quantity of bone available, the length of the implant and the location, degree of initial fixation, and the amount of time allotted for reconciliation between the implants and the loading of placement prostheses.
Systemic conditions identified as risk factors for implant failure include:
Uncontrolled diabetes.
Postmenopausal women not on HRT.
untreated osteoporosis.
High levels of head and neck radiation.
Alcoholism.
Among the parameters that were examined, smoking is recognized as one of the main factors predisposing to implant failure, especially in cases of multiple failures occurring in the same individual. Many clinicians are reluctant to choose an implant treatment for patients who smoke, or they recommend a period of abstinence, both before surgery and the implant during the initial healing phase.
In their retrospective study of machined surface implants, Bain and Moy found an overall failure rate of 5.9%. However, when selecting data from implant by smoking, they found a failure rate of 11.2% for smokers and a rate of 4.8% for non-smokers. When the maxilla alone was evaluated, the failure rate among smokers increased from 17.9%. De Bruyn and Collaert have confirmed these results. Limiting the evaluation to the point of implant exposure (avoid loading of oral hygiene, and other aggravating factors), they identified a failure rate of 9% in the maxilla of smokers cons 2% among non-smokers. From a clinical perspective, De Bruyn and Collaert found at least one implant has failed in every three smokers, and only one did not implant at 25 non-smokers. From a clinical perspective, De Bruyn and Collaert found at least one implant has failed in all 25 non-smokers. Further analysis of smoking were also confirmed as a risk factor in the performance of the implant.
Several studies have identified significantly more radiographic bone loss on implant success in smokers than non-smokers. In a study of implant failure end (pos.
Posted on March 10, 2010.