Table 1.
Demographic and clinical features of patients with epidermolysis bullosa rehabilitated with dental implants described in the literature
| Variables | |
|---|---|
| Patients (n) | 28 |
| Male (%)/female (%)a | 8 (29.6)/19 (70.4) |
| Age (years), mean ± SD (min–max) | 34.7 ± 12.1 (13–56) |
| Implants (n) | 161 |
| Male (%)/female (%)a | 57 (36.5)/99 (63.5) |
| Implants per patient, mean ± SD (min–max) | 5.8 ± 2.8 (2–11) |
| Maxilla (%)/mandible (%) | 83 (51.6)/78 (48.4) |
| Failure/total (%)b | 2/156 (1.3)c |
| Healing time maxilla, mean ± SD (min–max) | 5.7 ± 0.6 (4–6) |
| Healing time mandible, mean ± SD (min–max) | 3.6 ± 1.3 (0–6) |
| Use of osteotome for placement in maxilla (%) | 56/72 (77.8)d |
| Placement under local (%)/general anesthesia (%) | 125 (82.8)/26 (17.2)e |
| Augmentation procedures/total (%) | 24/161 (14.9) |
| Position (%) | |
| Incisor | 60 (39.7) |
| Canine | 41 (27.2) |
| Premolar | 49 (32.4) |
| Molar | 1 (0.7) |
| Not available | 10 |
| Prosthetic rehabilitation (%) | |
| Fixed partial | 4 (14.3) |
| Full-arch | 17 (60.7) |
| Overdenture | 7 (25.0) |
| Failure | 0/28 (0) |
| Follow-up timef (months), mean ± SD (min–max) | 39.2 ± 24.5 (6–111; n = 151) |
SD, standard deviation
aSex was not informed for 1 patient (5 implants)
bThere was no information on survival for 1 patient (5 implants)
cBoth implant failures occurred before or at the abutment connection
dInformation not available for 11 maxillary implants
eInformation not available for 2 patients (10 implants)
fThere was no precise information on follow-up time for 2 patients (10 implants)