Long-term outcomes of dental implants with a titanium plasma-sprayed surface: a 20-year prospective case series study in partially edentulous patients

Chappuis, Vivianne; Buser, Ramona; Brägger, Urs; Bornstein, Michael; Salvi, Giovanni E.; Buser, Daniel (2013). Long-term outcomes of dental implants with a titanium plasma-sprayed surface: a 20-year prospective case series study in partially edentulous patients. Clinical implant dentistry and related research, 15(6), pp. 780-90. Blackwell 10.1111/cid.12056

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BACKGROUND

Long-term studies of ≥10 years are important milestones to get a better understanding of potential factors causing implant failures or complications.

PURPOSE

The present study investigated the long-term outcomes of titanium dental implants with a rough, microporous surface (titanium plasma sprayed [TPS]) and the associated biologic and technical complications in partially edentulous patients with fixed dental prostheses over a 20-year follow-up period.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

Sixty-seven patients, who received 95 implants in the 1980s, were examined with well-established clinical and radiographic parameters. Based on these findings, each implant was classified as either successful, surviving, or failed.

RESULTS

Ten implants in nine patients were lost during the observation period, resulting in an implant survival rate of 89.5%. Radiographically, 92% of the implants exhibited crestal bone loss below 1 mm between the 1- and 20-year follow-up examinations. Only 8% yielded peri-implant bone loss of >1 mm and none exhibited severe bone loss of more than 1.8 mm. During the observation period, 19 implants (20%) experienced a biologic complication with suppuration. Of these 19 implants, 13 implants (13.7%) had been treated and were successfully maintained over the 20-year follow-up period. Therefore, the 20-year implant success rate was 75.8 or 89.5% depending on the different success criteria. Technical complications were observed in 32%.

CONCLUSION

The present study is the first to report satisfactory success rates after 20 years of function of dental implants with a TPS surface in partially edentulous patients.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > School of Dental Medicine > Department of Periodontology
04 Faculty of Medicine > School of Dental Medicine > Department of Oral Surgery and Stomatology
04 Faculty of Medicine > School of Dental Medicine > Division of Fixed Prosthodontics [discontinued]

UniBE Contributor:

Chappuis, Vivianne, Buser, Ramona, Brägger, Urs, Bornstein, Michael, Salvi, Giovanni Edoardo, Buser, Daniel Albin

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1523-0899

Publisher:

Blackwell

Language:

English

Submitter:

Eveline Carmen Schuler

Date Deposited:

24 Jan 2014 11:55

Last Modified:

02 Mar 2023 23:23

Publisher DOI:

10.1111/cid.12056

PubMed ID:

23506385

Uncontrolled Keywords:

biological complications, crestal bone loss, dental implant, implant sur, prospective follow-up study, technical complications, titanium plasma sprayed

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.39596

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/39596

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