Clinical effectiveness of International Team for Oral Implantology dental implant treatment in Taiwan: a seven-year longitudinal study.
BACKGROUND
International Team for Oral Implantology (ITI) dental implant has been clinically tested for the most parts of the world, especially in Europe and America, and has not been conducted on Asian population. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the cumulative survival and success rates over 7 years of ITI dental implants.


METHODS
The ITI dental implant system has been used in the Dental Department of Chi Mei Medical Center since August of 1997. At the end of 2005, 717 solid-screw implants had been placed and loaded at least 6 months in 316 patients. The patient population included 145 males and 171 females, with a mean age of 43.18 +/- 11.60 years. The follow-up interval was from 6 months after the prosthesis was completed to 7 years. The success criteria of dental implant survival was based on Buser et al, Clin Oral Implants Res. 1990;1:33-40.


RESULTS
Most implants (486, 67.8%) were placed in the mandible and 231 (32.2%) were placed in the maxilla. Two implants were removed before prostheses fabrication because of postsurgical infections. One implant was removed due to a periapical infection of an adjacent natural tooth. The life table analysis of survival rate and success rate were 99.58% and 96.13%, respectively.


CONCLUSIONS
This 7-year clinical effectiveness study demonstrated this dental implant system gave a clinical reliable result in a Taiwanese population.
Tseng
Chuen-Chyi
CC
Dental Department, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan.
Pang
Iok-Chao
IC
Wen
Miin-Jye
MJ
Huang
Kuo-Ching
KC
Chang
Jui-Chung
JC
D000328:Adult; D015519:Bone Density / Q000502:physiology; D015921:Dental Implants / Q000592:standards; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D019232:Dental Restoration Failure; D003830:Denture, Partial, Fixed; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007576:Jaw, Edentulous, Partially / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery; D015993:Life Tables; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery; D008437:Maxilla / Q000601:surgery; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013624:Taiwan; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D015921:Dental Implants