Complications common following dental implant therapy

More than 40% of patients who received dental implants experienced complications within a nine-year period in research presented recently at the University of Gothenburg.

The research led by Karolina Karlsson, PhD, from Sahlgrenska Academy showed that 42% of the patients had at least one complication. The most common type was technical complications, which were mostly isolated phenomena. The strongest risk factor was the extent of the implant-supported reconstruction.

The research was part of a national project conducted as a population-based field study. It was based on randomly selected patients from the registry of the Swedish Social Insurance Agency. Nearly 600 individuals were clinically examined nine years after their treatment with dental implants.