Abstract
The dental implant has been utilized in increasing numbers since the publication of long-term data on osseointegration. However, only a few reports have been made on the actual situation of implant treatment in clinical practice and laboratory work.The authors conducted a questionnaire survey with a view to studying the actual situation of implant applications from the viewpoint of prosthetic laboratory procedure with prosthodontics concept, lab customer, systems which used, and details of laboratory procedure. One hundred twenty dental laboratories were selected who actually doing implant laboratory work from the members of the Japanese Society of Oral Implantology and other academic society as subjects to whom questionnaires were mailed with a request to fill out the form and return it to us. Seventy-eight questionnaires were returned, 65% response rate. An analysis on questionnaire answer were conducted to look into the situation of clinical and laboratory application of implants in Japan. This survey is quite meaningful for understanding the tendency of the implant prosthetic situation and the relationship between clinical and laboratory sides. The results of this survey indicated high anticipation that the dental implant will be established more predictable treatment with high quality prosthetic modality.
