Oral implant treatment for elderly patients.
- Author:
Quan YUAN
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Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords: dental implant; elderly patients; systemic diseases
- MeSH: Adult; Aged; Dental Implantation, Endosseous; Dental Implants; Humans; Tooth Loss
- From: West China Journal of Stomatology 2020;38(6):616-621
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
- Abstract: With the advance of materials and technologies, modern oral implantology developed rapidly. Dental implant has become the first choice to restore the missing teeth. Although it achieves a high success rate among healthy adults, for elderly patients, with the decline of physical function and other systemic diseases, the risks of implant treatment increase accordingly. Doctors should pay more attention to the factors that may affect the implant treatment of the elderly and ways of preventing possible risks and complications. Here we discuss the specificity, success rate, effect of systemic diseases and drug considerations of implant treatments in elderly patients.
