Association Between the Type of Dental Care Setting and the Risk of Dental Implant Failure in Korea: A Retrospective Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study
Yu-Rin Kim, Seon-Rye Kim, Minkook Son · 2025
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Yu-Rin Kim and co-authors compare dental implant failure across clinic types in Korea, in a 2025 study. Insurance coverage for implants sparked fierce competition among practices, along with rising complaints about failures. The team mined a national health screening cohort covering tens of thousands of implant cases over four years. Statistical weighting balanced patient differences between settings.
Hospital-based dental clinics showed a markedly lower failure risk than private practices. Group practices landed between the two. Among private practices, the team also split clinics by procedure volume into quarters to test whether practice makes perfect. Setting, it turns out, carries real information about implant survival. Patients and regulators alike may weigh clinic type when judging quality of care.
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| CREATOR | Yu-Rin Kim, Seon-Rye Kim, Minkook Son |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 34 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |