Survival rate and risk factors of implants in patients with head and neck neoplasms: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Yingman Liu, Chunhao Yang, Yafan Song, Yinxia Sun, Hongru Wang, Yue Zhang, Haoning Tang, Yanfeng Li · 2026
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Yingman Liu and co-authors published this systematic review in 2026. Patients treated for head and neck tumors often need dental implants to restore eating and speech. Tumor treatment can damage the jaw bone, so implant success is uncertain. The team searched four databases through April 2024 and pooled the evidence. Forty-two studies covering 2,448 patients and 10,164 implants met their criteria.
The pooled implant survival rate was eighty-eight percent. Results varied widely between studies, so the authors probed risk factors. Implants survived less often in bone that had received radiation, and in grafted bone compared with native bone. Implants near the front of the mouth fared better than those at the back. Extra oxygen therapy under pressure appeared to help, though that result rests on only five studies. The authors advise caution and call for larger randomized trials to confirm the oxygen finding.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Yingman Liu, Chunhao Yang, Yafan Song, Yinxia Sun, Hongru Wang, Yue Zhang, Haoning Tang, Yanfeng Li |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 42 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |