Nicotine, the predictor of success or failure of dental implants: A retrospective study

• Main Authors: Ajai Gupta (Author), Suprabha Rathee (Author), Thotapalli Suman (Author), Mahesh Ahire (Author), Srishti Madhav (Author), Mahinder Singh Chauhan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Dental implant therapy is a treatment of choice in missing teeth. However, certain conditions such as smoking, hypertension, and diabetes have negative influence on success of dental implants. Nicotine is found to cause osteoclastic changes. The present study was conducted to assess the...