title: Clinical criteria for determining implant success: bone.
abstract: The evolution of criteria for success of dental implants reflects the evolution of knowledge of implant performance and biologic reactions to them. Most criteria are written in the interest of predictability of performance of an implant system. This approach is valuable to the clinician in selecting implants for patients, but the criteria for bone level changes may be unnecessarily stringent for monitoring performance in an individual patient. Some experience and difficulties related to radiographic monitoring are reviewed. The need for tempering the application of marginal bone criteria to clinical applications is illustrated by longitudinal data on marginal bone height changes.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Dentistry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
authors.forename: D V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Chaytor
mesh_terms: D016301:Alveolar Bone Loss / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D003757:Dental Implantation / Q000592:standards*; D015921:Dental Implants / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011859:Radiography
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants