OHS EXAM 2 IMPLANTS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
How many teeth extracted per year in US? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅45 million
How many implants placed per year in US? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅2 million
How many people in US are missing at least 1 tooth? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅178 million
Understand the basic structure & function of root form dental implants. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅a.
Dental implant = artificial tooth root substitute
b. Root form implant = endosseus
Describe the primary differences in the peri-implant tissues that support a dental implant, versus the
periodontium that supports a natural tooth. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅a. No PDL
b. Implant is ankylosed (osseointegrated) and in direct contact w/ bone
Define osseointegration, according to Branemark (1981). - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅"A direct
structural and functional connection between ordered living bone and the surface of a load-carrying
dental implant"
Describe criteria for dental implant health according to Albrektsson and Zarb, (1986). - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅a. No implant mobility
b. No pain, infection, paresthesia
c. Peri-implant tissues not inflamed
d. No peri-implant radiolucency
e. Probing depth healthy (1-4 mm)
f. No more than 0.1 mm crestal bone loss annually
g. These indicate osseointegration
How many teeth extracted per year in US? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅45 million
How many implants placed per year in US? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅2 million
How many people in US are missing at least 1 tooth? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅178 million
Understand the basic structure & function of root form dental implants. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅a.
Dental implant = artificial tooth root substitute
b. Root form implant = endosseus
Describe the primary differences in the peri-implant tissues that support a dental implant, versus the
periodontium that supports a natural tooth. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅a. No PDL
b. Implant is ankylosed (osseointegrated) and in direct contact w/ bone
Define osseointegration, according to Branemark (1981). - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅"A direct
structural and functional connection between ordered living bone and the surface of a load-carrying
dental implant"
Describe criteria for dental implant health according to Albrektsson and Zarb, (1986). - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅a. No implant mobility
b. No pain, infection, paresthesia
c. Peri-implant tissues not inflamed
d. No peri-implant radiolucency
e. Probing depth healthy (1-4 mm)
f. No more than 0.1 mm crestal bone loss annually
g. These indicate osseointegration