Evaluation of Health Outcomes for Dental Implant Patients in Iraq

Abstract

Background Dental implants are artificial roots that are surgically inserted into the jawbone or upper jaw and become firmly attached to the bone through a process called osseointegration. Objective: This paper was conducted a statistical analysis to assess the health outcomes of dental implants in Iraqi patients. Patients and methods: the study conducted a comparison between delayed and immediate implants in male and female participants aged 27-70, who were collected from different hospitals in Iraq between June 9^th, 2022, and March 17^th, 2023. The study assessed the demographic outcomes of patients, including age, sex, smoking, causes, and comorbidities. Of the 84 patients who received delayed implants, 50% were under the age of 50, compared to 34% of those who received immediate implants. The SPSS program was used to design and analyse our outcomes. Our findings were established through the database of all participants, which includes the anterior and posterior regions of patients aged over 30 years who underwent treatment for dental implants. Results and discussion Results were determined secondary outcomes of a dental implant in terms of region, the success of treatment, and types. Where we found that the posterior region had higher to compare anterior, which rates of cases were 36 (72%) for delayed implant and 21 (61.76%) for immediate implant. Additionally, we enrolled participants who survived and failed to evaluate the success of treatment. The rate of surviving patients was 40 (80%) for patients after delayed implant surgery and 30 (88.24%) after immediate implant surgery. It was observed that the implant time was longer in Delayed implant surgery compared to Immediate implant surgery. In addition to that, our study showed an increasing mortality rate of patients under delayed implant surgery while found shorter in immediate implant surgery. The analysis of multivariable identified risk factors for delayed implant surgery, including smoking, posterior location, male gender, hypertension, osteoporosis, and heart attack. Conclusion Our study showed that immediate implants are an ideal treatment for patients who have undergone dental implants, as the failure rates for immediate implants are much lower than those for delayed implants