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The implant passport: a tool for implant maintenance and post-operative care

From Volume 49, Issue 11, December 2022 | Pages 937-938

Authors

Kuljit Kaur Grewal

BDS, MFDS (Glas), GDP

HHS Dental Practice, Hounslow

Articles by Kuljit Kaur Grewal

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Alex Daly

BDS, FHEA, MClinDent

DCT2 Restorative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Birmingham Dental Hospital, 5 Mill Pool Way, Edgbaston, Birmingham B5 7EG, UK

Articles by Alex Daly

Jenna Trainor

BDS, MFDS, MClinDent (Rest Dent), FDS RCPS (Glasg)

Consultant in Restorative Dentistry, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Articles by Jenna Trainor

Abstract

This article discusses the use of an implant passport to document and standardize important information relating to specific implant treatment for both the patient and their present and future clinicians. This aims to facilitate monitoring and provide salient information for any future clinician providing implant care.

CPD/Clinical Relevance: The implant passport is a useful aid to deliver information concisely and accurately to the patient's GDP

Article

Dental implant treatment has now become widely accessible to patients, and as such, patients may present to different centres for implant provision and maintenance. Implant treatment is praised for providing fixed solutions for tooth replacement, as well as anchorage for removable prosthesis, and where used appropriately, can provide good longevity, aesthetics and improve quality of life.1 For providers of implant care, the lack of information about existing implant work can present challenges to further treatment. The implant passport describes information that is included into the discharge information. The passport provides details relating to the implant fixture and prosthesis as well as key biological parameters to be retained by the patient and used by future clinicians who may become involved in their care.

The provision of dental implants on the NHS is limited to patients meeting certain eligibility criteria in secondary care centres. Funding is often tightly controlled and, in many institutions, is subject to individual funding requests to the commissioning body. For approved requests, secondary care funding may cover the active cost of treatment, but not post-treatment maintenance or the cost of further treatment. Patients are instead usually discharged back to primary care for long-term follow-up. The GDP has responsibility for monitoring implants for disease and providing preventive and supportive care (Table 1). Patients who receive implant restorations via the NHS should be made aware not only of the risks of biological and technical failure, but also that any costs related to implant maintenance and further treatment may not be funded by the NHS.2

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