Background
This study shows the relationship between host factors and environmental factors in the influence of susceptibility to loss of dental implants.
Purpose
The aim of this study was to investigate the association of clinical aspects and tag SNPs of the genes LTA, TNFA, and LTB with dental implant loss.
Materials and Methods
The subjects consisted of 244 patients, divided into two groups: control group (C)—163 individuals who did not lose any implants, being in function for at least 6 months; and study group (S)—81 individuals who had lost at least one implant. DNA was collected from saliva, and the genotypes were determined by real time PCR. Univariate and multivariate analysis were employed p < .05.
Results
After multivariate analysis, dental implant loss remained associated with the presence of teeth (p = .011), a larger amount of placed implants (p = .001), and allelle C of rs2009658 of the LTA gene (p = .006). For the other tag SNPs of these studied genes, there was no association between the groups C and S with dental implants loss.
Conclusion
Presence of teeth, number of placed implants and allele C of rs2009658 of LTA gene were associated with implant loss.