DISTRIBUTION OF IMPLANT FAILURE CAUSED BY POSITIONING IN A GROUP OF TURKISH PATIENTS ON CBCT

• Published in: Journal of Basic and Clinical Health Sciences Vol. 6; no. 3; p. 805
• Main Authors: Ozturk, Hilal Peker, Avsever, Ismail Hakan, Balci, Aslihan Aslan, Ozgedik, Hatice Seda, Senel, Bugra, Allaberdiyev, Merdan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: AVES 01.09.2022
• Subjects: CT imaging
• ISSN: 2458-8938
• DOI: 10.30621/jbachs.1032929

Purpose: The aim of this report was to evaluate the prevalence of implant failure rates due to implant positioning on Cone Beam Computed Tomography. Material and Methods: Study sample (n= 333) consisted of Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) scans of patients who were referred to the Department of Dentomaxillofacial Radiology, University of Health Sciences Turkey, Gulhane Faculty of Dentistry, Ankara, Turkey. Obtained data such as age, gender, number of implants and locations from CBCT images gathered and recorded. Data were initially analyzed by descriptive statistics. Kolmogorov Smirnov, Kruskal Wallis and Mann Whitney-U Tests were performed. We established the statistical significance (p<.05) with a 95 percent confidence interval. Results: The data consists of 333 patients and so the total data evaluated was 844. The implant survival rate of the patients between 20-40 years old (49.4%) was lower significantly than that of the patients [greater than or equal to] 40 years old (P=0.001). In the R4 (right mandibular region), implant failure rate is 17.5% shows quite low rate compared to other regions. At the R1 (right maxillary region) (39%) and R2 (45%) the most common reason of failure was maxillary sinus perforation, the least common reason was palatinal bone perforation, respectively 4% and 1%. Conclusion: Preventing misinterpretations of clinicians is only possible by correct evaluation of incidental findings and better knowledge of head and neck anatomy. Keywords: cbct, implant failure, incidentally findings