title: Case reports on a porous alumina ceramics implant: observations at 14 years after treatment.
abstract: Bioceram Porous Implants using alumina are manufactured by Kyocera Corp. We started to use this implant in September of 1984. The subjects were 18 men and 42 women 20 to 70 years of age. We have followed up 65 implants in 60 patients for up to 13 years and 6 months. One implant in 1 patient had to be removed because of post-operative infection and 4 implants in 4 patients had to be removed due to fracturing or detachment. The clinical progress has been good in all the other 60 implants in 55 patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Crown and Bridge Prosthodontics, Tokyo Dental College, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hisanaga
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Koshihara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Asai
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000537:Aluminum Oxide / Q000737:chemistry; D002516:Ceramics / Q000737:chemistry; D015921:Dental Implants; D019232:Dental Restoration Failure; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D016062:Porosity
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants; C050798:cerestore; D000537:Aluminum Oxide