Your product. Their vote.
Have a product eligible for the 2026 Townie Choice Awards? Make sure it's entered before the extended July 6 deadline.

Submit Your Product →

Implant Surgery Checklist Linked to Shorter Procedures, Fewer Clinical Deviations

Start Discussion
Posted: June 29, 2026

Implant Surgery Checklist Linked to Shorter Procedures, Fewer Clinical Deviations

Edited by Dentaltown staff

A structured surgical safety checklist was associated with shorter dental implant procedures and the elimination of clinical deviations at a high-volume center, according to a study published online June 29 in Clinical Oral Investigations.

The before-and-after study documented 124 consecutive implant surgeries, comparing 61 cases performed without the checklist against 63 performed with it. Mean operative time fell from 75.4 minutes to 60.3 minutes, a median reduction of about 15 minutes that reached statistical significance.

Clinical deviations, the study’s measure of departures from intended surgical steps, dropped from 13.1% of cases to none. The share of surgeries with at least one incident of any kind declined from 36.1% to 23.8%, though that change was not statistically significant.

The researchers applied a checklist their group had previously developed, recording incidents and procedure duration across consecutive elective implant cases. They described the work as the first to examine how a checklist affects both incidents and operating time in implant dentistry, and as the largest case series of its kind in oral surgery.

The authors concluded that the checklist improved efficiency by shortening procedures and that eliminating clinical deviations points to a safety benefit, even though the overall reduction in incidents did not reach significance. They framed structured checklists as a potential tool for strengthening patient safety and workflow in elective implant surgery.

The study was led by Johannes Raphael Kupka and colleagues, with senior author Eik Schiegnitz, of the department of oral and maxillofacial surgery at the University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany.

Sources:
Clinical Oral Investigations, “Safer and faster: evaluation of a dental implant checklist,” by Johannes Raphael Kupka et al., published online June 29, 2026 (DOI 10.1007/s00784-026-06986-6): link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00784-026-06986-6


Implant Surgery Checklist Linked to Shorter Procedures, Fewer Clinical Deviations

Views: 9
Start Discussion
Dentaltown Magazine
June 2026
Dentaltown Magazine June 2026 Read Current Issue Read Archived Issues
Sponsors
Townie Perks
Townie® Poll
What part of a dental office do you feel makes the strongest first impression on patients?
  
Site Menu
Message Boards Magazine Continuing Education Pods & Blogs Classifieds Dental News Events Townie® Poll Ebooks Townie Choice Awards
Company Info
Contact Us Advertise With Us Howard Farran DDS, MBA Policies and Agreements
Site Help
The Dentaltown Team, Farran Media Support
Phone: +1-480-445-9710
Email: support@dentaltown.com
©2026 Dentaltown, a division of Farran Media • All Rights Reserved
9633 S. 48th Street Suite 200 • Phoenix, AZ 85044 • Phone:+1-480-598-0001 • Fax:+1-480-598-3450