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Kontact Implant Survival Rate: a retrospective study
Survival Rate of the Kontact® Implant. Purpose: The main aim of this study is to assess the survival rate of the Konctact implant after at least one year of functional loading, through the results obtained by three practioners at the end of two years, and to know if any factors like dimensions, location (maxillary ormandibular), site modifications by grafts, smoking addiction and immediate functional loading, affect this survival rate. Method: 1,478 Kontact® implants were placed by three practitioners over a two-year period and loaded according to different protocols, i.e.: three-month waiting time for lower jaw implants, four months for the upper jaw and six months for those placed in a sinus filled with biomaterials. Immediate loading (IL) procedures were also performed (in accordance with the Naples consensus of 2006 [15-16]). The surgical procedures were carried out indiscriminately with or without submersion. Patients were reviewed at loading time, after six months, one year after implant loading, and after two or three years for those fitted at the beginning of the study. Osseointegration was ascertained by standard criteria: radiological and clinical. Results: Out of 1,478 Kontact® implants fitted, 27 lost their osseointegration within one year of loading, which accounts for 1.8% of all Kontact® implants fitted.
Kontact Implant Survival Rate: a retrospective study
Survival Rate of the Kontact® Implant. Purpose: The main aim of this study is to assess the survival rate of the Konctact implant after at least one year of functional loading, through the results obtained by three practioners at the end of two years, and to know if any factors like dimensions, location (maxillary ormandibular), site modifications by grafts, smoking addiction and immediate functional loading, affect this survival rate. Method: 1,478 Kontact® implants were placed by three practitioners over a two-year period and loaded according to different protocols, i.e.: three-month waiting time for lower jaw implants, four months for the upper jaw and six months for those placed in a sinus filled with biomaterials. Immediate loading (IL) procedures were also performed (in accordance with the Naples consensus of 2006 [15-16]). The surgical procedures were carried out indiscriminately with or without submersion. Patients were reviewed at loading time, after six months, one year after implant loading, and after two or three years for those fitted at the beginning of the study. Osseointegration was ascertained by standard criteria: radiological and clinical. Results: Out of 1,478 Kontact® implants fitted, 27 lost their osseointegration within one year of loading, which accounts for 1.8% of all Kontact® implants fitted.