Implant failures and age at the time of surgery: A retrospective study on implant treatments in 4585 edentulous jaws.

Young edentulous patients presented an overall significantly higher risk of implant failure than did old patients. The risk decreased consistently from patients in the youngest age group (30-39 years) to those in the oldest age group (>79 years), with a more pronounced pattern for the patients included in the late period. This finding suggests a change in patient characteristics during the time of inclusion, but no causal explanations for the present observations have been established.