Clinical Study

Clinical Relevance of Bone Density Values from CT Related to Dental Implant Stability: A Retrospective Study

Table 1

Patient and intervention characteristics.

Number of patients75
Mean age ± SD (range) (23–80) years
Females40 (53.3%)
Smokers12 (16.0%)
 smoking ≤ 10 cigarettes4 (5.3%)
 smoking > 10 cigarettes8 (10.7%)
# Implants269
# Patients receiving 1 implant10 (13.3%)
# Patients receiving 2 implant22 (29.3%)
# Patients receiving 3 implant10 (13.3%)
# Patients receiving 4 implant13 (17.3%)
# Patients receiving 5 implant5 (6.7%)
# Patients receiving 6 implant7 (9.3%)
# Patients receiving 7 implant4 (5.3%)
# Patients receiving 8 implant1 (1.3%)
# Patients receiving 10 implant3 (4.0%)
Implant length (mean ± SD)13.08 ± 1.71 mm
Implant diameter (mean ± SD)4.36 ± 0.64 mm
Implant type
 Nobel Replace Select Tapered145 (53.9%)
 Nobel Active40 (14.9%)
 Nobel Replace Select Straight23 (8.6%)
 Nobel Replace Groovy12 (4.5%)
 Nobel Speedy43 (16.0%)
 Brånemark Groovy6 (2.2%)
Dental arch of implant insertion
 Maxilla149 (55.4%)
 Mandible120 (44.6%)
Implant placement zone
 Anterior (canine - canine)64 (23.8%)
 Posterior (premolars and molars)205 (76.2%)

SD: standard deviation.