Psychotropic Drugs Induced Parafunctional Habits and its Influence on Dental Implants:A Review

Success of dental implants is multifactorial, it needs efforts from clinician as well as the patients, this article deals with one of the significant factor that causes failure of dental implants which is the parafunctional habits ie the parafunctional habits associated with patient who receives implants which in turn causing implant failure. Antipsychotic drugs also plays a crucial role in developing the parafunctional habits. It is very much acceptable that the parafunctional habits knowingly or unknowingly causing implant failure to that particular patient who has those habits, habits counselling plays a vital role in minimizing its detrimental effects on implants.