title: The use of blade implants in a selected population of partially edentulous adults. A five-year report.
abstract: Based on the findings observed after the insertion of 33 blade implants in 23 patients, ages 31 to 74, for periods up to 60 months, the following conclusions can be made: (1) The blade implant is a technically feasible procedure which can be maintained in the mouth for period up to 5 years, although some degree of bony breakdown will be seen in a majority of the patients at this time; (2) The degree of breakdown around blade implants is almost exclusively located to the locus of the neck of the implant and is most likely due to the lack of attachment at the epithelial-implant interface.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003757:Dental Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009066:Mouth, Edentulous / Q000601:surgery*; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D010519:Periodontium / Q000033:anatomy & histology*