I think it all depends on the standard of care of individual clinician. If one does it right at high standard, it is not a matter of which option is superior, but a judgement on a case by case basis, on which is the preferred option to the patient and clinician. And I believe the successful rate of implant prosthetics is going to be ever higher and that its complications ever less with the advancement of technologies, and so is true for endodontics. I do not think we can simply draw a general comment on which is the better option. For the mean time, if everything being equal, the cost difference and considerations relevant to the implications of the implant surgery, may be the prime determinants of the ultimate choice.
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I think it all depends on the
Tue, 11/18/2008 - 17:26 — Ken LI (not verified)I think it all depends on the standard of care of individual clinician. If one does it right at high standard, it is not a matter of which option is superior, but a judgement on a case by case basis, on which is the preferred option to the patient and clinician. And I believe the successful rate of implant prosthetics is going to be ever higher and that its complications ever less with the advancement of technologies, and so is true for endodontics. I do not think we can simply draw a general comment on which is the better option. For the mean time, if everything being equal, the cost difference and considerations relevant to the implications of the implant surgery, may be the prime determinants of the ultimate choice.