Implant indications

• teeth are for life
• compromised teeth can be treated and retained in the long term
• shallow (maintainable) sulci are key for peri-implant health
• we can expect 15–20% of patients to experience peri-implantitis
• because the success rate for treating peri-implantitis is roughly only 40%, prevention and maintenance programmes are crucial
• there is no scientific evidence to support which implant-supported prosthesis design is best
• technical-mechanical complications are often under-reported in the literature, and are in fact present in about the 25% of cases after five years. Although most of them are not severe, re-intervention is usually necessary