Authors: Beatriz Cepeda De Romero, Alexandra Palacio Berrio, Jonatan Duarte, Paula Andrea Betancur Sanchez.
Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of biological complications for 10 years in patients with dental implants by reviewing clinical reports (2012-2022) of the University Foundation UniCIEO.
Method: Analytical retrospective study approved by the Ethics Committee as risk-free research. The clinical histories of selected the medical records of patients of the Oral Implantology Clinic University UniCIEO (2012 -2022), with report during the first 30 days of: age, gender, pre-existing diseases, habits, type of prophylaxis, type of surgery, implants and bone graft. Biological complications: pain, flushing, edema, tissue dehiscence and scarring. Descriptive statistics through analysis of contingency tables and inferential Chi- square test.
Results: Total of medical records that met the inclusion criteria 229. Rango of age (26 - 82 years). Women 143 average age (54.9 years), men 86 average age (56.9 years). Presence of pre-existing diseases 122 patients (53.28%). Prophylaxis with amoxicillin 228 patients (99.5%), whit pain (2.62%), edema (4.80%), flushing (4.37%), suppuration (1.75%), tissue dehiscence (13.10%) for a total prevalence of biological complications of 26.64% with correct healing (86.46%). Bone grafts (51.97%), allograft (41,92%) y Xenograft (10,05%). the number of implants placed in the surgical procedure (1 – 13), the most frequent being 2/ procedure. The Chi-Square Test showed no significant association between the type of prophylaxis and the presence of each of the biological complications (p>0.005).
Conclusion: The prevalence of biological complications for 10 years in patients with dental implants use of Amoxicillin prophylaxis was low and tissue dehiscence was the most frequently with high percentage of correct healing.