Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 12

Implant Surgery: What Can Go Wrong?

Professor and Head of the Department Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, BIHER, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

*Corresponding Author: Dr. Vijay Ebenezer, Professor and Head of the Department, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, BHARATH University, Chennai-600100, Tamil Nadu, India, Telephone Number: 9840136328, e-mail: drvijayomfs@yahoo.com

Online published on 31 March, 2020.

Abstract

Implant surgery complications are frequent occurrences in dental practice and knowledge in the management of these cases is essential. The aim of this review was to highlight the challenges of treatment plan-related, anatomy related, and procedure-related surgical complications as well as to discuss the etiology, management and treatment options to achieve a satisfactory treatment outcome. (Implant Dent 2008; 17: 159–168).

Keywords

Dental implants, implant complications, implant failures