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Surgical Medicine Open Access Journal

Hypertension and Dental Implants: A Review

Fotoula Nikolopoulou* and Anestis Chrysostomidis

Assistant professor at Dental School, Greece

*Corresponding author: Fotoula Nikolopoulou, Assistant professor at Dental School, Greece

Submission: September 28, 2019;Published: October 11, 2019

DOI: 10.31031/SMOAJ.2019.03.000555

ISSN 2578-0379
Volume3 Issue1

Abstract

The objectives of this study are to raise some questions in regard to the current literature, in order to study the correlation of hypertension to implant surgery. It also studies the association of hypertensive drugs with the survival or failure of dental implants. Only one study has been reported, which is associated with implant failure[0,6%] There were not many articles in this field. The findings from this recent review demonstrate that more investigation is needed concerning hypertension and failure or survival of dental implants.

Keywords: Hypertension; Failure and survival of dental implants; Dental surgery

Introduction

A lot of prospective studies have provided evidence of the efficacy and effectiveness of the osseointegration technique in the treatment of completely and partially edentulous patients. It does not necessarily imply that Osseointegrated implant will remain in the bone successfully. There are secondary reasons for failure of Osseointegrated implants, with overload and infection most commonly cited [1]. Patients who want to receive implant prostheses often suffer from mental and physical stress during the surgical process. In many cases we can reduce physical stress under the appropriate anesthesia. Mental stress such as uneasiness and fear can cause blood pressure elevation [2,3]. Some investigators reported that there is a strong correlation between hypertension and dental implant surgery [4]. It has been reported that pain causes a large release of endogenous adrenaline. This explanation is supported by a case report of a 31-year old without hypertension who showed a sharp rise in average systolic and diastolic blood pressure [20,6 and 12,5mmHg respectively] during painful dental implant treatment [5,6].

A retrospective cohort study showed that antihypertensive medications may be associated with an increased survival rate of Osseointegrated implants [7]. The dental implant therapy in patients with systemic disorders should be designed, while taking into account long term complications that may arise. These kinds of complications are more frequent and severe than in a healthy patient. They can completely undermine the dental implant surgery. For example, in the case of patients with hypertension, the hypertensive medication that they receive has side effects as xerostomia, consecutive fungal infections of the mouth [candidiasis] Meanwhile, calcium blockers also used as anti-hypertensive medication, produce gingival hyperplasia, erythemia and ulcers both in the natural dentition and around dental implants [8].

Objectives

The aim of this study is to revise the current literature, in order to study the association of hypertension with the therapy of dental implants.

Materials and Methods

The blood pressure is considered to be affected by many factors including physical and psychological stress in dental implant treatment. The literature search was conducted by reviewers using medical databases [Medline via Pubmed, Embase] This review covered the time span between the years from 1992 to 2016.

Selection of studies

The selected articles were screened by two reviewers according to the following exclusion and inclusion criteria.

Exclusion criteria

A. Studies in a language other than English.

B. Expert opinion papers.

Inclusion criteria

A. Studies evaluating blood pressure as a risk factor during dental implant treatment.

B. Prospective and retrospective cohort studies.

C. Studies with clinical examination of all included patients at the follow up visit.

Result

Anti-hypertensive drugs in general are beneficial for bone formation and remodeling and are associated with lower risk of bone fractures (Table 1). A retrospective cohort study included 1499 implants in 728 patients demonstrated that the patients using anti-hypertensive drugs lost only 2 implants (Table 2) [7]. Other study revealed that the histological appearance of bone derived from hypertensive patients was normal [9].

Table 1:Data collected from the articles that met the inclusion criteria.


Table 2:Hypertension failure of dental implants.


Discussion

Patients demonstrate a physiological stress during dental implant surgery. Local anesthesia activates the adrenal cortex to produce cortisol. It is known that cortisol affects blood pressure during implant surgery. A clinical study showed that the blood pressure rising in patients who received dental implant surgery, caused no severe problems, because the patients in this study didn’t have moderate or severe hypertension or cardiovascular disease [10].

During dental surgery an increased blood pressure places the patient at great risk of stroke, heart failure, myocardial infarction and renal failure. Around 30% of patients with hypertension remain undiagnosed and nearly 50% of patients on treatment are not controlled [11,12]. The hypothesis of higher risk of failures in patients with uncontrolled blood pressure is related to the possibility that the impaired blood supply and the consequent hypoxia may negatively affect the healing process of bone around implants [13]. Taguchi et al. [14] suggested sedation with midazolam before implant surgery, in order to better stabilize hemodynamic and reduce the stress. Dental implants are placed in the bone and do not have any effect on blood pressure, nor does the blood pressure have any effect on bone integration. However, blood pressure and medications taken to manage them create harmful situations for patients who have not properly addressed their condition with their treating dentists.

Local anesthesia drugs such as epinephrine have more intense effects on the heart. When combined with non-selective betablockers can result in rapid increases in blood pressure which is exactly what the anesthesia was supposed to help avoid pain, anxiety, and resulting higher blood pressure [15,16]. Only one study has been reported, which is associated with implant failure and hypertension [7]. The findings of the present study should be interpreted with great caution. Thus, the findings from this review should encourage the experts to investigate, in a prospective manner, the impact of hypertension on implants outcomes.

Conclusion

A. The impact of high blood pressure on long-term dental implants therapy remains in question.

In the future, more investigation is needed in order to clarify the role of blood pressure for dental implant treatment.

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