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Volume 4 Issue 6 (November - December, 2016)
Original Articles
EVALUATION OF USEFULNESS OF IMPLANTS IN MEDICALLY COMPROMISED PATIENTS- A RETROSCEPTIVE STUDY | |
Santosh B S, Shivamurthy D M, Sachin B Mangalekar, Johar Rajvinder Singh | |
Background: Dental implants have evolved as new treatment modality for the majority of patients with missing teeth. The aim of the study was to investigate the rate of complications and failures following dental implantation in medically compromised patients. Material & Methods: This study was conducted in department of oral & maxillofacial surgery in 2015. The record of patients received implant in last 2 years was obtained. Total of 260 dental records were collected. Out of which, 200 patients (1040 implants) were included in the study. 2 groups were made. Study group which consisted of 102 patients with 550 implants. Corresponding author: Dr. Santosh B S, Professor, Department of oral and maxillofacial surgery, Chhattisgarh Dental College and Research Institute, Rajnandgaon, Email: drsantoshbs@gmail.com This article may be cited as: BS Santosh, DM Shivamurthy, Mangalekar SB, Singh JR. Evaluation of usefulness of implants in medically compromised patients: A Retrosceptive study. J Adv Med Dent Scie Res 2016;4(6):86-89. |
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