Question

Discuss the surgical factors influencing dental implant treatment
outcomes including the approaches to reduce the risks of complications
and failures.

Answer 1

The shape and dimensions of the dental implant, the quantity and quality of the bone, the surgical technique and the loading conditions (load intensity, direction of the forces involved) are the factors that affect the dental implant treatments. Dental implants have a high success rate, but some people experience dental implant failure due to the loose dental crown, bone loss, and peri-implantitis (infection).

In order to reduce the failure of dental implantation, control the surface properties to select the type of cell interact with the implant, and the osteoblastic cells adhere more quickly to rough surfaces of titanium than to smooth surfaces. Titanium dental implants can offer many benefis: they present osseointegration with the jawbone, and are more stable than dentures. The new surfaces improves the success of implants in with low bone quality and quantity.

Success of implants can be determined by biocompatibility, that influenced by factors: chemical composition, electrical charge, mechanical properties, and surface features.