The Impact of Diabetes in Implant Oral Rehabilitations: A Bibliometric Study and Literature Review

Felice Lorusso¹, Francesca Postiglione², Maurizio Delvecchio³, Biagio Rapone⁴, Antonio Scarano^{5, *}

¹Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini, 31, 66100 Chieti, Italy - ²Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini, 31, 66100 Chieti, Italy

Introduction: Diabetes represents a potential risk factor for bone healing and dental implant treatment predictability. The aim of the present investigation was to perform a bibliometric evaluation of articles on the topic of the impact of diabetes on implant oral rehabilitations.

Material and methods: A Boolean keywords search was performed on Scopus database and recorded the list of articles, authors and affiliations. The journal impact factor was calculated by the Journal Citation Report Clarivate electronic database. The total papers, number of citations and journal impact factors were calculated.

Results: a total of 476 papers and 162 authors were assessed. The mean authors total citations were 2880.11± 4070.24 and the mean impact factor value was 1.942±1.15

Conclusions: uncontrolled diabetes impacts on dental implant rehabilitation with an increased risk of implant failure and peri-implant disease in long-term rehabilitation.