CLINICAL COURSE OF THE FIRST STAGE OF DENTAL IMPLANTATION IN PATIENTS – MILITARY SERVANTS

Abstract

The current military situation in Ukraine is characterized by a large number of military personnel among patients of dental clinics, especially in the frontline place, which is Zaporozhye Purpose of the study. Study of the impact of combat stress on the quality of dental treatment using dental implants. Scientific novelty. An assessment of the impact of combat stress on the “success” of dental implantation of military personnel is given. Material and methods. Two groups were included in the experiment: military patients (group I), civilian patients (group II). A clinical study of the course of the first stage of dental implantation, a period lasting 3-4 months, was conducted. The quality of treatment was assessed based on the manifestations of clinical signs of peri-implantitis, mucositis around the installed implants. Results and their discussion. Inflammation of the mucous membrane at the place of installation of implants was present in 17% of patients of the I group and 13.2% of the patients of the II group (p = 0.86): mild mucositis according to bleeding of probing indicators was determined in 3.7% of the I group and 7.5% II group patients (р = 0.62); moderate degree in 9.4% and 3.7% (р = 0.093) of patients in the groups, respectively; severe in 3.7% and 1.9% of patients, respectively. Implant loss was 0.92% in the military group and 0.75% in the civilian group. The difference of the obtained data is reliable only in indicators of the frequency of mild degree of mucositis relative to the frequency of slow and severe mucositis in the groups, p = 0.03. No significant differences were found among the parameters of the depth of peri-implant pockets. Conclusion. If dental implantation is performed against the background of comprehensive dental training, the course of the first stage of dental implantation in military personnel does not differ from the results in civilians.