The Influence of Patient‐, Site‐, and Implant‐Related Factors on Marginal Bone Levels of Dental Implants in a Rural Population in China: A Retrospective Study
Anahat Khehra, Ossi Zanner, Nachum Samet, Liran Levin · 2024
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Anahat Khehra and co-authors published a research paper in 2024 on what drives bone loss around dental implants in a rural Chinese population, a group rarely studied. Records from a private clinic covered 428 implants in ninety patients followed for about fifteen months. No implant failed, and average bone loss was a tenth of a millimeter, with most implants losing none.
Loss ran slightly higher in the lower jaw than the upper. Wider implants lost a little more bone, about eight hundredths of a millimeter per extra millimeter of width, while length and patient factors played smaller roles. The authors say the low overall loss is encouraging, but rural barriers to follow-up care still deserve attention.
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| CREATOR | Anahat Khehra, Ossi Zanner, Nachum Samet, Liran Levin |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 22 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |