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Securing Implant Data for Lifelong Care: The Role of a Dental Implant Patient Portal
Nadim Z. Baba, DMD, MSD, FACP, Tony Zablit, Tom Bate, MBA. American College of Prosthodontists: ACP Messenger Volume 55, Issue 2 (2025) 14-16
  • Establishing a dental implant patient portal should become the standard of care for all implant patients, past and present.
  • As the quantity of implant brands continues to grow, dental professionals must take proactive steps to ensure continuity of care for implant patients.
  • With an increase of mobility of dentists and patients, implant details need to always be readily available or recognizable to new providers for accurate and immediate care.
Complications in implant dentistry
Hanif A, Qureshi S, Sheikh Z, Rashid H. Eur J Dent. 2017 Jan-Mar;11(1):135-140.

doi: 10.4103/ejd.ejd_340_16. PMID: 28435381; PMCID: PMC5379828.

  • Mechanical complications include screw loosening, screw fracture, implant framework fracture
  • 5-year follow-up results were 10% screw loosening in single tooth molar area
Dental implant quality registries and databases: A systematic review
Naemi R, Barikani HR, Shahmoradi L. J Educ Health Promot. 2021 Jun 30;10:214.

doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_1302_20. PMID: 34395651; PMCID: PMC8318161.

  • The results of the present study can be used to provide a suitable ground for the establishment of a dental implant quality registry.
  • The lack of dental implant quality registries and databases makes clinical research, evaluation of treatment outcomes, and quality control of care a challenge.
Clinical study on screw loosening in dental implant prostheses: a 6 year retrospective study
Ki-Young Lee, et al. J Korean Assoc Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2020 Apr 30;46(2):133-142.

doi: 10.5125/jkaoms.2020.46.2.133. PMID: 32364353; PMCID: PMC7222622.

  • 1,928 implants were placed in 837 patients, follow-up after loading mean period, 31.5 months. Screw loosening occurred in 7.2% of implants.
  • Most cases occurred in less than six months after loading. Among those, 22.3% experienced recurrent screw loosening. Screw loosening was most common in implant prostheses with single crowns (14.0%).
Mechanical complications of implant-supported restorations with internal conical connection implants: A 14-year retrospective study
Yi Y, Heo SJ, Koak JY, Kim SK. J Prosthet Dent. 2023 May;129(5):732-740.

doi: 10.1016/j.prosdent.2021.06.053. Epub 2021 Sep 1. PMID: 34481672.

  • Mechanical complications occurred in 248 (57.9%) patients, 430 (47.9%) implants.
  • Screw loosening (46.4% of implants, 56.8% of patients).
  • Screw fracture (2.6% of implants, 4.4% of patients).
  • Abutment fracture (11.4% of implants, 21.3% of patients).
  • Implant fracture (3.5% of implants, 5.4% of patients).
Implant Treatment Record Form
Tony Daher, DDS, MSEd, Charles J. Goodacre, DDS, MSD, & Steven M. Morgano, DMD.

J of Prosthodontics 18 (2009) 366–368.

  • An implant record form is described to maintain accurate records for future use and implant maintenance visits.
Dental Records: An overview
Charangowda BK. J Forensic Dent Sci. 2010 Jan;2(1):5-10.

doi: 10.4103/0974-2948.71050. PMID: 21189983; PMCID: PMC3009547.

  • Dental records consist of documents related to the history of present illness, clinical examination, diagnosis, and treatment.
  • They are essential for good quality patient care, legal obligations, and forensic purposes.
Current technology for identifying dental implants: a narrative review
Saghiri, M.A., Freag, P., Fakhrzadeh, A. et al. Bull Natl Res Cent 45, 7 (2021).

https://doi.org/10.1186/s42269-020-00471-0

  • The current status and mechanisms for identifying dental implants, with emphasis on future direction and updated technology, and covers the existing factors influencing the identification of implant systems.
  • "Factors like increasing number of implant manufacturers, dental tourism and cost, make it difficult to detect and match dental implants by dentists during the chairside time."
  • "Artificial Intelligence seems to have shown potential to help in this case."
  • "Keeping a tab on all implants is very difficult and development needs to be made to design a more efficient, exhaustive, and accurate system."
Original vs compatible stock abutment-implant connection: An in vitro analysis of the internal accuracy and mechanical fatigue behaviour
Alonso-Pérez R, Bartolomé JF, Pradíes G. J Prosthodont Res. 2022 Jul 30;66(3):476-483.

doi: 10.2186/jpr.JPR_D_20_00066. Epub 2021 Dec 6. PMID: 34866067.

  • Original Equipment of Manufacturer abutment components presented the highest percentage of surface with tight contact with the implant in the three implant-abutment interfaces studied.
  • Original Equipment of Manufacturer configuration showed highest fatigue limit value and fatigue strength exponent.
  • Original abutment components provide better fit and mechanical results under cyclic loading than non-original configurations.