Observational Study on the Success Rate of Osseointegration: A Prospective Analysis of 15,483 Implants in a Public Health Setting
The osseointegration process between the host’s bone tissue and the titanium implant is the key to success of implantology. The literature highlights the high success rate of osseointegrated implants, which is above 90%, and warns that some failures may occur, and every professional may face some inevitable failure. A longitudinal study was designed to evaluate the success rate of osseointegrated implants by taking into account the early failure of osseointegration. The study’s population included a convenience sample of all patients attending in four municipalities in the state of Paraíba, Brazil, belonging to the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) and those who underwent implant placements between November 2015 and November 2018 and were followed-up until March 2020.
