Dental implants are used to replace missing teeth and to help patients recover lost oral function and improve aesthetics. Implants present high survival rates up to 97.1% at 10 years (Roccuzzo et al., 2014), 82.4% at 10-16 years (Simonis et al., 2010) and 73.4% at 20 years (Deporter et al., 2014). However, biological and mechanical complications may occur more frequently during implant function in 32.4% at implant level and 34.6% at patient level (Tenenbaum
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