Title

Long-term success following dental implant placement: A comparative analysis

Authors

Rajkran Chitumalla¹, Jyoti Kiran², Saadath Afzaa SA³, Divya Malik⁴, Sachin Chawla⁵, Prerna Kataria⁶,*& Bhumika J Patel⁷

Affiliation

¹Department of Restorative and Prosthetic Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, K.A.I.M.R.C, Ministry of National Guard–Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; ²Department of OMFS, Sri Sukhmani Dental College and Hospital, Derabassi, Punjab, India; ³Department of Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge, Sri Rajiv Gandhi College of Dental Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India; ⁴Department of Dentistry, University of Buffalo, State University of New York, USA; ⁵Department of Periodontology, Luxmi Bai Dental College, Patiala, Punjab, India; ⁶Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Dental Sciences (FODS), Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences (UPUMS), Saifai, Etawah, Uttar Pradesh, India; ⁷Department of Dentistry, Howard University, College of Dentistry, Washington DC, USA; *Corresponding author

Email

Rajkran Chitumalla - E-mail: chitumallar@ksau-hs.edu.sa
Jyoti Kiran - E-mail: aggarwaljyoti.123@gmail.com; Phone: +91-8146478790
S.A Saadath Afzaa - E-mail: afzaasa@gmail.com
Divya Malik - E-mail: dentalmalik1989@gmail.com
Sachin Chawla - E-mail: sachin_bfdc@rediffmail.com
Prerna Kataria - E-mail: drprernakataria@gmail.com
Bhumika J. Patel - E-mail: bhumikapatel2687@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received September 1, 2026; Revised September 30, 2026; Accepted September 30, 2026, Published September 30, 2026
 

Abstract

Dental implant placement techniques influence treatment accuracy, peri-implant health and long-term clinical outcomes. Therefore, it is of interest to compare freehand, static guided and dynamic navigation-assisted implant placement in 120 patients over 24 months. Implant survival, marginal bone loss, peri-implant tissue health, surgical time, complications and patient satisfaction were evaluated. Guided and navigation-assisted techniques showed greater accuracy, reduced bone loss and higher patient satisfaction than freehand surgery. Thus, dynamic navigation achieved the best overall clinical performance, supporting advanced guided techniques for predictable implant therapy.

Keywords

Dental implants, guided implant surgery, dynamic navigation, implant survival, marginal bone loss, osseointegration, peri-implant health

Citation

Chitumalla et al. Bioinformation 22(9): 5542-5546 (2026)

Edited by

Vini Mehta

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.