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- Title
Survival of NobelDirect Implants: An Analysis of 550 Consecutively Placed Implants at 18 Different Clinical Centers.
- Authors
Albrektsson, Tomas; Gottlow, Jan; Meirelles, Luiz; Östman, Per‐Olov; Rocci, Antonio; Sennerby, Lars
- Abstract
Background: A recently introduced implant, the NobelDirect (Nobel Biocare AB, Göteborg, Sweden), has previously been documented with substantial bone resorption in a large number of operated cases. PurposeL The aim of this study was to evaluate the failure rate of NobelDirect implants in a retrospective multicenter survey. Materials and Methods: A total of 550 NobelDirect implants consecutively placed in over 269 patients at 18 centers were evaluated with regard to failure rate after an average follow-up of about 1 year. Results: The overall failure percentage was 10.9% (59 failures). The 58 implants not loaded directly showed only one failure (1.7%) versus 58 failures (11.8%) of those implants that were loaded directly. A chemical x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis of an implant from the original batch showed up to 3.5% silicon at parts of the implants. A retrieval analysis of one implant removed at 2 years after placement demonstrated bone resorption down to the level of the fifth thread. Conclusions: It is concluded that the NobelDirect implant, if placed with a punch procedure, ground down in situ, and loaded directly, shows an unusually high failure rate at 1 year.
- Subjects
BONE resorption; NOBEL Biocare Services AG; PATIENTS; ARTIFICIAL implants; SILICON
- Publication
Clinical Implant Dentistry & Related Research, 2007, Vol 9, Issue 2, p65
- ISSN
1523-0899
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1708-8208.2007.00054.x