Long‐term outcomes of dental implants placed in elderly patients: a retrospective clinical and radiographic analysis

• Published in: Clinical oral implants research 2017-02, Vol.28 (2), p.186-191
• Main Authors: Park, Jung‐Chul, Baek, Won‐Sun, Choi, Seong‐Ho, Cho, Kyoo‐Sung, Jung, Ui‐Won
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; aging; Bone implants; Bone loss; dental implant; Dental Implantation, Endosseous; Dental Implants; Dental materials; Dental Prosthesis Design; Dental prosthetics; Dental Restoration Failure; Dental restorative materials; Dentistry; Failure; Female; Geriatrics; Humans; Male; Older people; Patients; Radiographs; Radiography; Radiography, Dental; Regression analysis; Retrospective Studies; risk factors; Surgery; Surgical implants; Survival; survival analysis; Transplants & implants; Treatment Outcome
• ISSN: 0905-7161; 1600-0501
• DOI: 10.1111/clr.12780

Objectives The aim of this retrospective study was to determine the clinical and the radiographic outcomes of dental implants placed in elderly people older than 65 years. Materials and methods In total, 902 implants in 346 patients (age: 65–89 years) were followed up for 2–17 years following the implant surgery. The survival rate of these implants was recorded and analyzed. Changes in marginal bone levels were also analyzed in serial radiographs, and Cox regression analysis for implant loss was performed. Results The survival rates were 95.39% and 99.98% in the implant‐ and patient‐based analyses, respectively (involving a total of 29 implant failures), and the marginal bone loss at the implants was 0.17 ± 0.71 mm (mean ± SD). The number of failures was greatest in patients aged 65–69 years. The Cox regression with shared frailty analysis showed that implant loss was significantly greater in those aged 65–69 years than in those aged 70–74 years (P