Implant for smokers and in patients with severe depleted bones
Implant for smokers and in patients with severe depleted bones
Implant for smokers and in patients with severe depleted bones
On the other hand, it is not possible to extract enough bone from the patient’s oral cavity. In these cases, the implant expert has to extract needed bone for implant treatment from other parts of the patient’s body such as rib or hip bone. These cases are very rare and are considered as the last solutions for implant.
Does smoking lead to failure for implant treatment? Isn’t it possible to have implant for smokers?
It is scientifically proven than smoking is a dangerous factor for dental implant. Smoking will multiply the probability of failure in dental implant. But it is worth noting that in normal conditions the probability of failure in dental implant is very low. So, dental implant can be successful in higher rates (up to 90%) in smokers, too. No one can say surely that dental implant is not successful for smokers 100%.
Smokers who want to have implant must pay attention to some factors such as the number of cigarettes smoked per day, starting date and other factors that are influencing on the failure on implant treatment. It is recommended to smokers to quit smoking for a period before and after dental implant.
