Oral Health and Dental Management

Potential causes of crestal bone loss around dental implant

4^th Asia Pacific Congress & Expo on Dental and Oral Health

July 27-29, 2015 Brisbane, Australia

Mohammed Alshehri

Posters-Accepted Abstracts: Oral Health Dent Manag

Abstract:

The longevity of dental implants is highly dependent on integration between implant components and oral tissues, including hard and soft tissues. Crestal bone loss around dental implants has been a subject of discussion in implant dentistry since its introduction. Many researches and design developments related to dental implants have sought to limit the amount of crestal bone loss. This presentation will discuss several possible causes for crestal bone loss around dental implants thus enables a better understanding of the phenomenon. It also highlights the changes which have taken place in the field of implantology in an attempt to preserve the crestal bone.