At the Faculty of Dentistry Otago, we are running a national survey on the total number of dental implants placed in NZ since this service became available in the country. Our first goal will be the total ACC claims for dental implant surgeries and restorations since ACC started to accept such claims as our pilot survey. It would be well appreciated to receive the total number of implants placed/year and the patients' anonymised demographics.

The opening of this data will help us to expand our survey on dental implant use in NZ, and the possible growth of numbers of Kiwis rehabilitated with dental implants over the years by ACC.

Many companies have been introducing their dental implant brands in NZ with various retail prices, and today, specialists and GDPs have been placing and restoring implants. This baseline retrospective data will allow us to prospectively survey and monitor dental implant use and the possible implant failures and losses in the country over time.