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Department of Clinical Dentistry, Federal Fluminense University, Niteroi, RJ, Brazil
Research Article
The Main Risk Factors for Implant Failure in Elderly Patients: A Clinical Trial Study
Author(s): Rackel Goncalves*, Valquiria Quinelato, Marina Prado Fernandes Pinheiro, Juliana Prazeres Castro, Patricia Arriaga, Esio de Oliveira Vieira, Aldir Nascimento Machado, Telma Aguiar, Alexandre Campos Montenegro and Priscila Ladeira Casado
Background: Peri-implant disease is a multifactorial disease, with increasing prevalence in the population rehabilitated with endosseous implants and associated with numerous extrinsic and intrinsic risk factors such as systemic disease, smoking, genetic disorders, and previous periodontitis.
Objective: To identify risk factors associated with the presence of peri-implant disease and to analyze whether the biofilm of the prosthesis directly influences the development of peri-implantitis.
Methods: Fifty-one subjects rehabilitated with endosseous implants were included in this study. Risk factors were assessed through careful history (habit, systemic diseases, history of periodontitis). The clinical parameters evaluated were: clinical probing depth; presence of mobility; peri-implant bleeding; implant function time; .. View more»