The cases of osseointegrated implants in Implant Center.

Abstract

Titanium is widely used for implants in the field of dentistry because of its good mechanical strength, stability, and compatibility with bone. There have been various reports on edentulous patients being treated with oral implants to recover their masticatory and stomatognathic functions. This report describes about cases of implant treatment and questionaire concerning the evaluation of implants in Implant Center at Iwate Medical University. All osseointegrated implants regained masticatory function by wearing upperstructures. Clinically,good outcome were obtained with all cases. According to questionaire concerning food intake, all patients were able to intake all foods on the food list after oral implant treatment.