Dental implants in patients suffering from systemic sclerosis: a retrospective analysis of clinical outcomes in a case series with 24 patients.

Purpose: Patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) often suffer from premature tooth loss. This is a retrospective case series of patients with systemic sclerosis who were treated with dental implants.

Methods: SSc patients treated with at least one dental implant between 5 August 1998 and 31 December 2018 were included in this long-term retrospective study.