Re: Why six implants??
- From: "Dr Steve" <nospam@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 12:17:39 GMT
"Vaughn" <vaughnsimonHATESSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Steve R via MedKB.com" <forum@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> "Overkill" was my first thought. However, I can
>> see allowing for a possible failure of an implant.
>
> Going a bit further here: If the chances of success of a single
> implant are .95, the chances of complete success for two implants must be
> .95 X .95= .9025.
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> Going further yet, for multiple units:
> Three Implants .95 ^3 = .8574
> Four Implants .95 ^4 = .8175
> Five Implants .95 ^5 = .7738
> Six Implants .95 ^6 = .7351
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> As you can see, even though 95% success per unit looks like a pretty
> good number, the chances of complete success would seem to degrade rapidly
> with multiple units so (based on this math only) some extra units may
> indeed be worth considering if it would be more expensive to add them
> later.
>
> Vaughn (not a dentist!)
[But, a smart guy!]
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