2023 Volume 36 Issue 4 Pages 224-231
Dental implant treatment is one of the most useful treatment modalities for replacing missing teeth, and is backed by much scientific evidence. However, dental implant treatment has become more difficult and complex due to the aging of patients, administered medications, systemic diseases and higher demand for implant treatment.
Although the term “bone quality” has been clinically used, it is difficult to understand bone quality correctly and to evaluate or measure bone quality non-destructively and non-invasively.
This review introduces the concept of bone quality proposed by the National Institutes of Health in 2000. The scientific evidence regarding bone quality around dental implants with or without mechanical loaded conditions is explained based on our current and previous basic scientific research and non-clinical study. Moreover, a new clinical device to evaluate and measure bone quality non-destructively and non-invasively is introduced. It is important to properly understand bone quality around dental implants.
