Implant surgerySurgery · 8 guides
How implants are placed, when bone has to be rebuilt first and which shortcuts the trials support. Each guide names the study behind its numbers.
implants lost per year after a sinus lift
Pooled estimateAll-on-4 implant survival at five years or more
Shao et al., 2026implants still in place after 20 years, prospective studies
Kupka et al., 2024odds of implant failure for smokers
Meta-analysis, OR 2.402All surgery guidesGuides
Ordered by the question people ask first.
One-stage or two-stage placement: what the trials found
Early failure and bone level, side by side.
Read02LoadingSame-day implants and immediate loading
How early loading compares with waiting.
Read03BoneSinus lift: when it is needed and how often implants are lost
0.43% a year in a pooled estimate.
Read04BoneSocket lift through the crest
The smaller sinus approach and its limits.
Read05BoneRidge split for a narrow jaw
Width gained and implant survival.
Read06Full archAll-on-4: four implants for a whole jaw
98.14% survival at five years or more.
Read07Full archTilted implants versus straight ones
What the comparison studies found.
Read08TechniqueFlapless guided surgery
Bone level and complications.
ReadCommon questionsFAQ
A pooled estimate put implant loss after a sinus lift at 0.43% a year.
Some trials load implants right away. The same-day guide compares them with waiting.