Implant stability changes over time following implant placement in elderly patients: A prospective study
- Authors
- Choi, Yu-Sung; Song, In-Seok; Kim, Moon-Young; Lim, Ho-Kyung; Chongyang, Li; Shim, Ji Suk
- Issue Date
- Jun-2023
- Publisher
- Blackwell Publishing Inc.
- Keywords
- aging; bone density; bone regeneration; dental implants; osseointegration
- Citation
- Clinical Oral Implants Research, v.34, no.6, pp 575 - 581
- Pages
- 7
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- Clinical Oral Implants Research
- Volume
- 34
- Number
- 6
- Start Page
- 575
- End Page
- 581
- URI
- https://scholarworks.korea.ac.kr/kumedicine/handle/2021.sw.kumedicine/62880
- DOI
- 10.1111/clr.14064
- ISSN
- 0905-7161
1600-0501
- Abstract
- Objectives
This study aimed to evaluate the effect of aging on the changes in implant stability over time following implant placement.
Materials and methods
A total of 104 patients in four age ranges (group 1: <60 years, group 2: 61–70 years, group 3: 71–80 years, and group 4: >80 years) were included. Bone-level tapered implants were placed without implementing any bone augmentation procedure. The final torque value displayed on the implant engine during implant insertion was recorded. Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) was performed immediately after surgery to analyze the bone quality around the implant. Implant stability was measured immediately after surgery and 2, 4, and 8 weeks after surgery.
Results
In the CBCT image, higher grayscale values were observed in the order of group 1, group 2, and groups 3/4, with statistical significance (p < .05). There was no significant difference in the insertion torque values between age groups (p ≥ .05). Groups 1 and 2 showed lower implant stability values after 2 and 4 weeks compared to immediately and 8 weeks after surgery (p < .05); however, groups 3 and 4 showed no significant difference between the results measured at different timepoints (p ≥ .05).
Conclusions
Implant treatment in elderly patients is successful showing a settled implant stability over time following implant placement when the implant is appropriately engaged in the alveolar bone in the absence of bone augmentation.
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