Pathway

Patient Assessment, Diagnosis and Treatment Planning

Patient Dental Factors

This Learning Pathway addresses the various dental factors that can influence implant therapy and its outcome. The dental factors include reason for tooth loss, age of the patient, parafunctional habits and previous implant history and experience. The importance of considering dental factors are illustrated in the context of strategic considerations guiding decisions on tooth maintenance versus replacement by implants and in treatment considerations for the elderly patient.

On completion of this Learning Pathway you should be able to...

  • identify the various dental factors that can influence implant therapy and its outcome
  • describe how consideration of the dental factors can guide treatment planning decisions

Pathway items

Publication date: Jan 29, 2015 Last review date: Apr 10, 2020 Next review date: Apr 10, 2023
  • Assessment & Diagnosis
  • Biological Complications
  • Complications
  • Elderly Patients
  • English
  • General Topics
  • Implants vs. Conventional Dentistry
  • Languages
  • Oral Hygiene
  • Outcomes
  • Pathway
  • Patient Factors & Compliance
  • Peri-Implantitis
  • Structured Assessment & Treatment Planning
  • Treatment Planning

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