The SAC Classification in Implant Dentistry. Группа авторов

General risks These are the issues normally identified during anamnesis and the initial clinical assessment and are mostly patient related.

      • Esthetic risk Esthetic issues are often the patient’s only way of measuring the treatment outcome. This is more than a consideration of “is the treatment site visible during function and/or smiling, and are the peri-implant mucosal tissues visible?” but also includes other factors described by Martin and coworkers (Martin et al, 2017) in their discussion of the esthetic risk assessment for single-tooth implant prostheses. Esthetic risk assessment for more extensive tooth replacement situations have also been considered.

      • Edentulous esthetic risk When patients undergo complete loss of teeth, several unique clinical factors specific to this patient subset can have a significant influence on esthetic outcomes. The edentulous esthetic risk assessment will highlight these factors as they influence particular case types.

      • Surgical risk Factors influencing the complexity and risk of the surgical phase of treatment.

      • Prosthetic risks Factors relating the implant-supported prosthesis; for example, the clinical processes involved, the mode of manufacture, the materials used, and the design employed.

      Each of these areas will be considered in more detail later in this book.