title: Failures in implant dentistry.
abstract: This article describes the many failures and complications that can occur when using implants to support restorations. Most of these failures can be prevented with proper patient selection and treatment planning. Implant failures can be largely classified into four main categories: 1) loss of integration, 2) positional failures 3) soft tissue defects, and 4) biomechanical failures. Each of these will be discussed with examples to illustrate the problem.
authors.affiliation: University of Southern California School of Dentistry, Pasadena, California, USA. wchee@usc.edu
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chee
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jivraj
mesh_terms: D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000009:adverse effects*; D015921:Dental Implants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019232:Dental Restoration Failure; D006801:Humans; D010347:Patient Care Planning
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants