Key systemic and environmental risk factors for implant failure.

Dent Clin North Am

Division of Periodontology, Department of Oral Health Practice, College of Dentistry, University of Kentucky, 800 Rose Street, Lexington, KY 40536, USA.

Published: January 2015

Dental implants are an important treatment option for patients interested in replacing lost or missing teeth. Although a robust body of literature has reviewed risk factors for tooth loss, the evidence for risk factors associated with dental implants is less well defined. This article focuses on key systemic risk factors relating to dental implant failure, as well as on perimucositis and peri-implantitis.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cden.2014.09.002DOI Listing

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