<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The aim of the study was to evaluate the survival of implants with different implant-abutment connection systems, in patients who had two kinds of implants implanted. In total, 240 implants were implanted - 91 implants with conical abutment Morse connection, and 149 with an internal hexagonal connection. During the follow-up period of 3 years and 10 months, the percentage of lost implants with a conical implant-abutment connection was 1.1%. Regarding the implants with hexagonal implant-abutment connection, this figure was 0.7%. Our work shows that there is a need for further research on the survival of dental implants. In this, the influence of other factors should be explored that are related both to the specific implant treatment, as well as to socio-demographic factors</p></abstract>

The aim of the study was to evaluate the survival of implants with different implant-abutment connection systems, in patients who had two kinds of implants implanted. In total, 240 implants were implanted - 91 implants with conical abutment Morse connection, and 149 with an internal hexagonal connection. During the follow-up period of 3 years and 10 months, the percentage of lost implants with a conical implant-abutment connection was 1.1%. Regarding the implants with hexagonal implant-abutment connection, this figure was 0.7%. Our work shows that there is a need for further research on the survival of dental implants. In this, the influence of other factors should be explored that are related both to the specific implant treatment, as well as to socio-demographic factors

The survival of dental implants with different implant-abutment connection systems

Individual Dental Practice “Dentistry Implantology Piotr Szpak”, Białystok, Poland

Chair and Department of Paedodontics, Medical University of Lublin, Poland

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The aim of the study was to evaluate the survival of implants with different implant-abutment connection systems, in patients who had two kinds of implants...

The survival of dental implants with different implant-abutment connection systems

Published Online: May 06, 2016

Page range: 11 - 13

Received: Dec 21, 2016

Accepted: Jan 15, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cipms-2016-0003

Keywords
dental implants, dental abutment, survival analysis

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

The survival of dental implants with different implant-abutment connection systems

Published Online: May 06, 2016

Page range: 11 - 13

Received: Dec 21, 2016

Accepted: Jan 15, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cipms-2016-0003

Keywordsdental implants, dental abutment, survival analysis

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
dental implants, dental abutment, survival analysis