PERI IMPLANTTISSUE EVALUATION USING TWO STAGE SURGICAL PROTOCOL

Aims and objectives: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the changes around implant both radiographically and clinically to assess the success of implants. Materials and method: Twenty-four patients with 47 dental implants were examined clinically for 6 months after functional loading, 29implants were placed 6-8 weeks after the extraction of the tooth, i.e. delayed implants and 18 implants were immediately placed after tooth extraction i.e. immediate implant. Crestal bone loss and peri-implant radiolucency were checked radiographically. Results: Theaveragebonelossafter6monthsfollowingplacementofimplantatthecrestallevelindelayed implants was 0.84 ± 0.15, whereas for immediate implant it was 0.78 ± 0.10. There were more hard tissue changes in delayed implants as compared to the immediate implant. There was no mobility or no peri-implant radiolucency around any of the implant and there were no significant changes in soft tissue from baseline to 6 months. Conclusion: Our study clearly demonstrated that in both the group of patients there were no periodontal diseases. The survival rate of two-stage submerged implants is 100% during the follow-up period of 6 months.