More than a dental implant – brand matters
Independent landmark study shows significantly lower failure rate with Straumann dental implants.
Study design Swedish Social Insurance Agency
Study duration
Patient number
Implant number
Investigated brands
Short-term
Others Straumann
10 % Astra
30 %
19 %
41 % Nobel Biocare
11 311
2765
Early implant loss = If implant loss had occurred prior to connection of the supraconstruction
Others Straumann
Long-term
9 % Astra
19 %
32 % 40 %
2367
596
Late implant loss = Evaluated 9 years after therapy
Nobel Biocare
Results Risk of implant loss compared to Straumann dental implants, expressed as “odds ratio” (OR)
overall
154 implants lost (1.4 %);
Early implant loss
Nobel Biocare Straumann
⊗1.94 statistically significant
121 patients affected (4.4 %).
Astra Other Brands
⊗2.10
⊗7.79
statistically significant
statistically significant
Late implant loss
Straumann
Nobel Biocare
⊗6.13 not statistically significant
Astra Other Brands
⊗58.15 statistically significant
46 implants lost (2.0 %); 25 patients affected (4.2 %).
⊗5.23 not statistically significant
If implant loss had occurred prior to connection of the supraconstruction, it was scored as an early implant loss. If the loss had occurred afterward, it was considered a late implant loss.
Conclusion These findings are extremely relevant for dentists and patients who want to choose an implant system on the basis of independent published clinical evidence. They add to the unparalleled body of long-term clinical data supporting Straumann’s dental implant system. Impressive long-term outcomes have been reported with Straumann implants in other peer-reviewed publications, including 10-year survival rates of 97 – 99 % in more than 600 patients �.
Brand matters!
Because one implant failure is one too much. Source J. Derks*, J. Håkansson, J.L. Wennström, C. Tomasi, M. Larsson, and T. Berglundh Effectiveness of Implant Therapy Analyzed in a Swedish Population – Early and Late Implant Loss Published online before print December 11, 2014, doi: 10.1177/0022034514563077 JDR December 11, 2014 0022034514563077 http://jdr.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/12/11/0022034514563077.abstract?rss=1 � Buser et al., 2012; Roccuzzo et al., 2014; van Velzen et al., 2014; Fischer K et al., 2012