Ten years and beyond: long-term dental implant survival, success
By Vittorio Moraschini, Krisztina Mikulás, Jamil A. Shibli, João Gabriel S. Souza, Anton Sculean, Rafael Seabra Louro, Carlos Fernando Mourão
Originally at onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Summary & scoring by The Bell Brief (Dr. Jennifer Bell) using the Drill-Down Protocol (Drill-Down Score) — not the original publisher.
Why it matters for dental
Periodontists and implant surgeons need to know that 95% implant survival past 10 years does not equal long-term biological health; success rates averaged 85% and peri-implantitis reached 10.8% implant-level, so practices should shift outcome tracking from retention alone to combined clinical, radiographic, and patient-centered metrics.
Key points
- Systematic review pooled 34 studies covering 7522 patients and 20 445 implants with minimum 10-year follow-up.
- Random-effects meta-analysis showed pooled implant failure of 5.1% in prospective cohorts, 4.9% in retrospective cohorts, and 4.8% in RCTs, equating to roughly 95% survival across designs.
- Across 14 studies, mean implant success was 85.1% while definitions of success differed substantially between studies.
- Descriptive averages across included studies were 2.99 mm probing depth, 1.30 mm marginal bone loss, and 10.8% implant-level peri-implantitis (range 3.0%–39.9%).
Who should care
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