Caracterización de éxito y fracaso de los implantes dentales colocados en las clínicas de la Universidad Santo Tomás en el año 2021-2022, prueba piloto

Abstract

Introduction: Osseointegrated dental implants are a therapeutic option to restore teeth lost for various reasons. To further understand this type of procedures, it is important to mention the biological process of osseointegration, which provides an exceptional result and a predictable long-term prognosis. Objective: Determine the characteristics of success and/or failure of dental implants in patients who were treated at the dental clinic of the Santo Tomás University of Bucaramanga between the years 2021 and 2022, a pilot test. Materials and methods: Cross-sectional descriptive observational study, with a sample consisting of 17 patients and an instrument with sections on sociodemographic aspects and the implants themselves. The second part was on clinical aspects such as presence of mobility, pain, exudate. bleeding, dental plaque and radiological such as radiolucency and bone loss in millimeters. Finally, the data were analyzed in Stata through absolute frequencies (n) and percentages for qualitative and for quantitative through measures of central tendency (mean and/or median) and dispersion (SD and/or IQR). Results: A greater frequency was observed in the female sex without systemic involvement, 70.59% (12) and with an average age of 47.5 years (SD 13.03). All of the implants were long, the vast majority located in the posterior area (64.71%) and 88.40% received a single restoration. No implant reported mobility, pain or exudate, 88.24% reported absence of dental plaque and 76.47% reported bleeding upon probe examination. Conclusions: Radiographically, there is an absence of radiolucency and a bone loss of 1.42 mm, which is within the parameters of physiological loss within this type of treatments.