title: General dental practitioners and implant suprastructures.
abstract: Patients with implants inserted by one consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon whose suprastructures were made either by general dental practitioners (GDPs) or the Consultant Service were reviewed and compared. A total of 88 patients with 224 implants inserted over a 12-year period (1991-2003) were identified and contacted while 28 patients with 83 implants volunteered to be examined. Implants survived equally well with GDP- and consultant-produced suprastructures.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Successful placement of implant suprastructures is possible in general dental practice, with appropriate mentoring.
authors.affiliation: Arrowe Park Hospital, Upton, Wirral, Merseyside, CH49 5PE.
authors.forename: Geoffrey D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.forename: Farah A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Ramjohn
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015921:Dental Implants; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D019232:Dental Restoration Failure; D005260:Female; D005792:General Practice, Dental; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants