Postoperative complications in smoking patients treated with implants: a retrospective study.

Abstract

PURPOSE:

To identify the risk of complications (eg, implant loss, infection, peri-implantitis, and mucositis) in a group of patients treated with osseointegrated implants and to assess the effect of smoking on this risk.

MATERIALS AND METHODS:

A retrospective cohort study of patients treated in the Unit of Implantology, University of Barcelona Faculty of Dentistry was performed. All patients had already undergone prosthetic treatment, and the minimal follow-up time after implant surgery was 6 months.

RESULTS:

A total of 295 patients fulfilled the inclusion criteria; 56.9% were women and 43.1% were men. They received a total of 1,033 implants. There were 209 complications (32 cases of implant loss, 2 cases of infection, 70 cases of peri-implantitis, and 105 cases of mucositis). The smoking habit was associated with an increased risk of complications (P = .008).

CONCLUSION:

Smokers had an increased risk of complications, including infection, implant loss, mucositis, and peri-implantitis, compared with nonsmoking patients.

• Authors: Oscar Francisco Rodriguez-Argueta, Rui Figueiredo, Eduard Valmaseda-Castellon, Cosme Gay-Escoda
• Journal: Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery : official journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (J Oral Maxillofac Surg) Vol. 69 Issue 8 Pg. 2152-7 (Aug 2011) ISSN: 1531-5053 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 21676513 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2011 American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Chemical References

• Dental Implants

Topics

• Adult
• Age Factors
• Aged
• Alveolar Bone Loss (etiology)
• Cohort Studies
• Dental Arch (surgery)
• Dental Implants
• Dental Prosthesis Design
• Dental Restoration Failure
• Female
• Follow-Up Studies
• Gingivitis (etiology)
• Humans
• Male
• Mandible (surgery)
• Maxilla (surgery)
• Middle Aged
• Osseointegration (physiology)
• Peri-Implantitis (etiology)
• Postoperative Complications
• Retrospective Studies
• Risk Factors
• Smoking (adverse effects)
• Surgical Wound Infection (etiology)
• Young Adult