title: Key systemic and environmental risk factors for implant failure.
abstract: Dental implants are an important treatment option for patients interested in replacing lost or missing teeth. Although a robust body of literature has reviewed risk factors for tooth loss, the evidence for risk factors associated with dental implants is less well defined. This article focuses on key systemic risk factors relating to dental implant failure, as well as on perimucositis and peri-implantitis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Periodontology, Department of Oral Health Practice, College of Dentistry, University of Kentucky, 800 Rose Street, Lexington, KY 40536, USA. Electronic address: dolph.dawson@uky.edu.
authors.forename: Dolphus R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Dawson
authors.affiliation: Division of Periodontology, Department of Oral Health Practice, College of Dentistry, University of Kentucky, 800 Rose Street, Lexington, KY 40536, USA.
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jasper
mesh_terms: D018441:Biofilms; D002908:Chronic Disease; D015921:Dental Implants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003773:Dental Plaque / Q000382:microbiology; D019232:Dental Restoration Failure / Q000145:classification*; D006801:Humans; D057873:Peri-Implantitis / Q000209:etiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D013280:Stomatitis / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants
keywords: Dental implant failure; Marginal bone loss; Peri-implantitis; Risk factors; Smoking; Systemic disease