J Korean Acad Prosthodont.
2007 Jun;45(3):321-328.
Retrospective multicenter study of CSM endosseous dental implant
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Dentistry, College of Medicine, Youngnam University, Korea. acidic@hanmail.net
Abstract
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STATEMENT OF PROBLEM: To work the economic limitation of dental implant usage, some types of domestic implant have been developing. But, there have been seldom reported about the clinical success rate of them as yet.
PURPOSE: The aim of this retrospective multicenter study was to evaluate the performance of CSM implants(CSM company, Daegu, Korea).
MATERIAL AND METHODS: Thirty-five patients were rehabilitated with 150 CSM implants in this multicenter study.
RESULTS
The success rate was 96.2%. CSM Titanium fixtures can obtain slightly higher success rate when a cover screw was not used for implant installation than when used. However it doesn't show significant difference(p=.7615, Fisher's Exact test).
CONCLUSION
This multicenter retrospective study demonstrated the efficacy of the CSM implant in the treatment of variety of clinical manifestation of tooth loss. And it can be assumed that whether a cover screw is used or not should no influence on the osseointegration.