Risk Factors for Early Dental Implant Failure.

Purpose: To report the prevalence of early implant failure and evaluate factors that contribute to the early failure of dental implants placed at a teaching clinic. The study also aims to identify risk indicators for early implant loss to better predict and prevent early implant loss in the future.

Materials And Methods: This retrospective study included all patients with a dental implant placed by the Section of Oral Surgery and Oral Medicine, Department of Clinical Dentistry, University of Bergen, between January 2011 and December 2018.

[Osteomyelitis of the lower jaw].

Background: Chronic non-bacterial osteomyelitis is an inflammatory bone disorder that may affect children and adolescents. Infections, malignancy and other differential diagnoses require consideration. Osteomyelitis of the jaw is a rare condition, but non-bacterial osteomyelitis is probably more common than previously thought, also in the mandible.