| 1306 Patient’s Perception of Implant Therapy --Ten Years following Installation of ITI® Dental Implants | ||
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B.E. PJETURSSON1, I.K. KAROUSSIS2, N.P. LANG3, and U. BRAEGGER2, 1 University of Bern, Berne, Switzerland, 2 School of Dental Medicine University of Berne, Switzerland, 3 University of Berne, Switzerland PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to analyse the patient's perception of implant therapy, ten years following installation of titanium oral implants. METHODS: 104 patients were recruited to answer a questionnaire with 15 statements on the subjective perception of implant treatment 5-15 years after implant installation (mean: 10.2 years). In addition, the patients were asked to mark a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) in which 0 indicated “total discontent” and 100 “total satisfaction” with the statements mentioned in the questionnaire. RESULTS: Out of the 104 patients, 101 with 211 implants totally were participating. 42% of the implants were reconstructed with single crowns and 58% with fixed partial dentures (FPD). The cumulative survival rate of the implants at ten years was 93%. Two of the statements addressing function and chewing comfort yielded very high patient satisfaction (98%, highly satisfied or satisfied, mean VAS: 94±13). Comparing chewing comfort for teeth or implants, 73.7% perceived no difference between the two, 18.2% felt more secure when masticating on teeth and 8.1% when masticating on implants (mean VAS: 54±24). The vast majority (97%, mean VAS: 96±10) was highly satisfied or satisfied with phonetic function and with aesthetics (98%, mean VAS: 93±13). A great majority (93%, mean VAS: 89±19) had no problems with cleansing the implant reconstruction. Indeed, one third (37.7%, mean VAS: 55±27) indicated more ease to clean implants than to clean teeth. Again, the vast majority of patients (94%, mean VAS: 92±14) indicated complete fulfilment of the treatment, i.e. the outcome satisfied their expectations. The same majority (96%, mean VAS: 93±17) would undergo the same treatment again. The cost for implant therapy was to a large extent deemed to be reasonable (89%, mean VAS: 86±20). CONCLUSION: Using Dental Implant System, more than 9 out of 10 patients were completely satisfied with implant therapy.
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| Seq #141 - Human Implant Studies 9:00 AM-11:00 AM, Friday, 27 June 2003 Svenska Massan H1 | ||
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