med comp implants Flashcards
questions of the initial consult for med comp pts
- Is there any relative or absolute contraindication for
dental implant surgery in this patient for medical
reasons? - Does the patient have any medical condition or take
any medications that jeopardizes the normal
osseointegration and healing of the implant surgery ?
implants elective or emergency
Implant surgery is an elective procedure
Medical consultation for appropriate control of the
disease process
Achieve favorable outcome in long term
Medically Compromised Patients can be classified how?
Controlled disease process vs Poorly controlled disease process
poorly controlled med comp pts issues with implants
Pose surgical or medical risk at the time of the surgery
Potentially cause failure of dental implant to heal normally
Diabetes Mellitus
- Disorder of glucose metabolism
- Two major type
- Type I: Insulin-dependent
- Type II: Non-insulin-dependent (95%)
systemic complications of DM
- 25% end stage renal disease
- Leading cause of blindness
- 7th leading cause of death
diabetic osteopathy
severe complications of hyperglycemia
Hyperglycemia may lead to severe complications:
Macro/micro angiopathy, neuropathy, increased risk of infections
Evidence Based Dentistry with DM and implants
- Current literatures support the use of dental implants in diabetic patients with good metabolic glucose control
- A comparable survival rates (85.5 to 100%) were reported on dental implants placed in diabetic patients with good/fair metabolic control.
- Strict glycemic control before and after dental implant treatment is highly recommended
DM preop management
- Prepared by both dentist and endocrinologist
- Monitor blood glucose levels
- current level and improvement
- Preoperative HbA1c value
- ≤ 7% is ideal; ≤ 8% is acceptable
- Others: co-morbidities, restoration of proper oral hygiene, cessation of tobacco, treatment of periodontitis
reducing infection risk in DM pts
- Consider antibiotics and antiseptic mouthwashes
- Antibiotics: penicillin, amoxicillin, clindamycin or
metronidazole - Antiseptic mouthwashes: Peridex (Chlorhexidine)
- Reinforce supportive therapy/maintenance systems
uncontrolled DM and implants
NO IMPLANTS until it’s under controlled
Conventional solutions could be good alternative options Removable dentures OR bridges as fixed prosthesis
Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis- Generalized reduction in bone density and alterations in the microstructure of bone
- Lead an increased risk of fractures
- A total of 54 million U.S. adults age ≥ 50 are affected
Evidence Based Dentistry and osteoporosis
- The biologically plausible but still controversial hypothesis
“the impaired bone metabolism can impair bone healing and affect osseointegration” - Not enough evidence to consider osteoporosis as an absolute contraindication for implant placement
preop with osteoporosis
Need a careful evaluation of bone mineral density
DEXA/DXA (Bone densitometry) scan
osteoporosis considerations
- May increase risk of?
- Use of dental implants with modified?
- Require longer healing period for?
- Immediate loading?
- May increase risk of complications in bone augmentation
- Use of dental implants with modified, hydrophilic surfaces
- Require longer healing period for osseointegration
- Immediate loading of the dental implants is not recommended
Head & Neck Cancer
Account for 6 percent of all malignancies in the US
- Surgery and radiation therapy
- 60-80% patients affected by head and neck cancer
have radiation therapy
Head & Neck Cancer Early Effect of Irradiation
Salivary glands, skin, oral mucosa (dry)
Head & Neck Cancer Late Effect of Irradiation
Bone changes: demineralization, fibrosis, avascular necrosis
HYPOCELLULAR, HYPOXIA, HYPOVASCULAR
all lead to osteoradionecrosis
Osteoradionecrosis (ORN)
site/dose?
- One serious complication of head & neck radiation
- Induce vascular insufficiency rather than infection
- Hypocellular, hypovascular and hypoxia
- Non healing wound and dead bone
- Mandible or site with radiation ≥ 6500 Rads/65Gy
Evidence Based Dentistry with radiation therapy
what doses sig decreasd survival?
which arch is better?
failure?
“Radiation dose ≥ 55 Gy significantly decreased implant survival.”
“Better implant survival rate in the mandible
(93.3%) than the maxilla (78.9%)
“An increased implant failure risk (RR 2.74) in
irradiated patients
Radiotherapy affect implant outcomes
when to place implants for irradiated pts
In patients who are planned to undergoing radiotherapy,
place the implants at least 3 weeks (21 days) prior to
or at least 9 months after irradiation treatment is
recommended