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Dental Tribune United Kingdom Edition

19Implant TribuneMay 2014United Kingdom Edition T he idea of creating a prosthetic dental implant to replace a missing tooth is certainly not a new one – in fact, there is evidence of early civilisations using dental implants as far back as 4,000 years ago, when the Chinese made bamboo into dental pegs – and 2,000 years ago when the Egyptians fashioned pegs out of precious metals. Millions of dental implants are placed every year on partially and fully edentulous patients – most of which achieve long-term suc- cess and do not develop com- plications. But, this is not true of all dental implants: the oral dis- ease peri-implantitis, caused by bacterial infection and tissue inflammation around the implant site, is now known to affect a huge num- ber of patients – although its prevalence is hard to define as studies quote varying fig- ures. However, peri-implan- titis is thought to affect ap- proximately one out of every 10 implants placed. The oral disease is therefore shaping up to become a major concern for both patients and dentists involved in implant treatment in the future. New implants that promise better osseoin- tegration may have an effect on whether peri-implant dis- eases develop, but the results would need to be studied in the future. Booming business The number of dental implant purchases is on the increase, with approximately five million being sold annually. It is a very popular treatment option for people in Asia, as well as the Middle East, in particular, Israel – and has been rising in popular- ity the world over since the modern implant was intro- duced in the 1970s. Some dentists now believe that we are placing too many im- plants – opting for the invasive treatment because the patient requests it, or simply expects it and is unaware that there are other non-invasive solu- tions available that don’t run the risk of infection. 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