Journal of AdvancedMedical and Dental Sciences Research

Background: Despite the fact that implant survival and success rates are high, there is a growing impression that there are risk factors exposing patients to complications and ultimately to failure of implants. The present study was conducted for assessing the Effect of smoking on dental implant therapy. Materials & methods: A total of 35 smokers and 35 non-smokers were enrolled. Only those patients were included which underwent dental therapy for missing maxillary first molars. Complete demographic details of all the patients were obtained. All the procedures were carried out in local anaesthesia. Follow-up was done in all the patients was done. Prognosis was assessed by analysing the success and failure. All the results were recorded in Microsoft excel sheet and were analysed by SPSS software. Results: Prognosis of dental among smokers and non-smokers was found to be 82.86 percent and 97.14 percent respectively. While analysing statistically, it was seen that smoking is a significant risk factor affecting prognosis of dental implants. Conclusion: Smoking is a significant risk factor for failure of dental implant therapy. Key words: Dental implant, Smoking