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ANALYSIS OF RISK OF DENTAL IMPLANT FAILURE ASSOCIATED WITH MEDICATION USE IN PAKISTAN

Dr Saima Sultan, Dr Sundas Akmal, Dr Saira Tariq

Introduction: Implant failure has been categorized as early and late in retrospective studies according to different cutoff time points, such as at the time of abutment connection, at the time of loading, within several weeks after placement of the final prosthesis, or at the time of first year after loading. Objectives of the study: The main objective and focus of the study was to analyse the risk of dental implant failure associated with medication use in Pakistan. Methodology: This cross sectional study was conducted in University Medical & Dental College, Faisalabad during 2018 to 2019. All implant placement procedures were carried out by 5 faculty members and 10 residents. Sinus-floor elevation (SFE) and/or guided bone regeneration (GBR) was performed in patients with insufficient vertical bone height and/or width of the ridge crest either prior to or combined with the implant placement procedure. Results: The statistical significances of the differences between the groups were evaluated using the nonparametric tests. The paired means in time period analysis were statistically compared using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test. Chi-squared statistics was used to evaluate the statistical significance of the differences in prevalence between groups. P ≤ 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Conclusion: It is concluded that implant failure is still observed in routine practice. The present study found that seniority of the surgeon and the position of the bone bed of patients significantly affected the likelihood of early implant failure using a single-implant system.

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