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InjuryKCZ

EO IMPL., 3.3 / 5.5MM, SLA 2.5MM

Received Mar 8, 2021 · Event occurred Dec 23, 2020

Report 0009613348-2021-15444 · MDR key 11438643

Device

Generic name

Endosseous Dental Implant

Catalog number

042.365S

Lot number

RT317

Product problems

  • Failure to Osseointegrate
  • Failure to Osseointegrate

Patient

59 YR

  • No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
  • No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

Narrative

Additional Manufacturer Narrative

THE BATCH NUMBER COULD BE VERIFIED. OUR MANUFACTURING Q-SYSTEM ASSURES, THAT PRODUCTION AND PROCESS CONTROLS ARE IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT BATCHES CONFIRM TO THE APPLICABLE SPECIFICATIONS BEFORE THEY ARE DISTRIBUTED.  THE NON-INTEGRATION OF AN ENDOSSEOUS DENTAL IMPLANT DURING THE HEALING PHASE IS A KNOWN INHERENT RISK OF THE TREATMENT WITH DENTAL IMPLANTS. MOST IMPLANT FAILURES OCCUR BEFORE OCCLUSAL LOADING (ANALAINEN ET AL. 2009). BASED ON CLINICAL STUDIES ABOUT 1-3% OF THE IMPLANTS FAIL WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR AFTER IMPLANTATION (GANELES ET AL. 2008). IMPLANTS MAY HAVE TO BE REMOVED IN CASE ONE OR MORE OF THE IMPLANT SUCCESS CRITERIA ARE NOT MET. IMPLANT SUCCESS CRITERIA ACCORDING TO BUSER ET AL. (1991) ARE: ABSENCE OF PERSISTENT SUBJECTIVE COMPLAINTS SUCH AS PAIN, FOREIGN BODY SENSATION AND /OR DYSESTHESIA. ABSENCE OF A RECURRENT PERI-IMPLANT INFECTION WITH SUPPURATION. ABSENCE OF IMPLANT MOBILITY. ABSENCE OF A CONTINUOUS RADIOLUCENCY AROUND THE IMPLANT. THE MANUFACTURER'S TREND ANALYSIS CONFIRMS THAT THE REPORTED EARLY FAILURE RATE ASSOCIATED WITH ITS DENTAL IMPLANTS IS BELOW THE EXPECTED FAILURE RATE FOR THIS TREATMENT AS PUBLISHED IN THE SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE.

Description of Event or Problem

THE CLINICIAN REPORTS THE IMPLANT WAS INSERTED (B)(6) 2020 IN THE PATIENT'S MOUTH. DETAILS OF SURGERY: IMPLANT SURFACE NOT COMPLETELY COVERED WITH BONE. ON (B)(6) 2020, NON-OSSEOINTEGRATION WAS VERIFIED. PATIENT PRESENTED WITH FAIR ORAL HYGIENE AND INADEQUATE BONE QUALITY/QUANTITY. THE DEVICE WAS FORWARDED TO THE MANUFACTURER. THERE WERE NO REPORTED PATIENT INJURIES OR COMPLICATIONS.