--- title: Osstell | risk patient description: risk patient | We help clinicians reduce treatment time and manage patients with risk factors. Osstell tells you when an implant is ready for loading. It helps you to objectively and non-invasively determine implant stability and to assess the progress of osseointegration – without jeopardizing the healing process. Osstell uses Resonance Frequency Analysis (RFA) to determine implant stability and osseointegration. The result is presented as an ISQ (Implant Stability Quotient) value of 1-100. --- [![Osstell](https://content.osstell.com/hs-fs/hubfs/W%26H%20and%20Osstell%20logo%20for%20landing%20pages.png?width=1210&height=216&name=W%26H%20and%20Osstell%20logo%20for%20landing%20pages.png "Osstell")](http://www.osstell.com) ![Osstell ISQ RFA Implant stability Blog](https://content.osstell.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Canva%20images/Osstell%20ISQ%20RFA%20Implant%20stability%20Blog.png?width=2240&name=Osstell%20ISQ%20RFA%20Implant%20stability%20Blog.png "Osstell ISQ RFA Implant stability Blog") ## A blog about dental implant treatment, implant stability and assessing osseointegration. ## We believe in evidence-based, educational and pedagogic content. [![](https://content.osstell.com/hubfs/202106_Osstell_Blog_Post_Blog_Banner_2240x1260px-1.jpg)](https://content.osstell.com/blog/5-reasons-to-attend-osstell-isq-symposium-2021) ## [5 reasons to attend the 2021 Osstell ISQ Symposium](https://content.osstell.com/blog/5-reasons-to-attend-osstell-isq-symposium-2021) \[fa icon="calendar'\] Jun 21, 2021 2:23:48 PM / by [Osstell](https://content.osstell.com/blog/author/osstell) posted in [loading protocol](https://content.osstell.com/blog/topic/loading-protocol), [immediate restoration](https://content.osstell.com/blog/topic/immediate-restoration), [isq](https://content.osstell.com/blog/topic/isq), [implant loading](https://content.osstell.com/blog/topic/implant-loading), [primary stability](https://content.osstell.com/blog/topic/primary-stability), [Osstell scientific symposium](https://content.osstell.com/blog/topic/osstell-scientific-symposium), [digital workflow](https://content.osstell.com/blog/topic/digital-workflow), [immediate loading](https://content.osstell.com/blog/topic/immediate-loading), [rfa](https://content.osstell.com/blog/topic/rfa), [secondary stability](https://content.osstell.com/blog/topic/secondary-stability), [osseointegration](https://content.osstell.com/blog/topic/osseointegration), [implant healing](https://content.osstell.com/blog/topic/implant-healing), [implant stability](https://content.osstell.com/blog/topic/implant-stability), [risk patient](https://content.osstell.com/blog/topic/risk-patient), [healing time](https://content.osstell.com/blog/topic/healing-time), [implant placement](https://content.osstell.com/blog/topic/implant-placement) [\[fa icon="comment"\] 0 Comments](https://content.osstell.com/blog/5-reasons-to-attend-osstell-isq-symposium-2021#comments-listing) The 13th [Osstell ISQ Annual Symposium](https://www.osstellcampus.com/webinar/symposium/osstell-isq-online-symposium-2021/) will gather an exciting line-up of international speakers, featuring Dr. Tara Aghaloo (USA), Dr. William Martin (USA), Dr. Stephen T Chen (Australia), Dr. Kyle Stanley (USA) and moderator Dr. Marcus Dagnelid (Sweden). 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Dr. Barry Levin answers your questions.](https://content.osstell.com/blog/ask-the-experts-0) \[fa icon="calendar'\] Oct 24, 2019 9:18:05 AM / by [Osstell](https://content.osstell.com/blog/author/osstell) posted in [loading protocol](https://content.osstell.com/blog/topic/loading-protocol), [isq](https://content.osstell.com/blog/topic/isq), [implant loading](https://content.osstell.com/blog/topic/implant-loading), [primary stability](https://content.osstell.com/blog/topic/primary-stability), [EAO](https://content.osstell.com/blog/topic/eao), [immediate loading](https://content.osstell.com/blog/topic/immediate-loading), [secondary stability](https://content.osstell.com/blog/topic/secondary-stability), [implant stability](https://content.osstell.com/blog/topic/implant-stability), [risk patient](https://content.osstell.com/blog/topic/risk-patient), [implant complication](https://content.osstell.com/blog/topic/implant-complication), [healing time](https://content.osstell.com/blog/topic/healing-time), [implant placement](https://content.osstell.com/blog/topic/implant-placement) [\[fa icon="comment"\] 1 Comment](https://content.osstell.com/blog/ask-the-experts-0#comments-listing) [Read More \[fa icon="long-arrow-right"\]](https://content.osstell.com/blog/ask-the-experts-0) [![](https://content.osstell.com/hubfs/EAO%20Osstell%20Symposium.jpg)](https://content.osstell.com/blog/ask-the-experts) ## [Ask the experts!](https://content.osstell.com/blog/ask-the-experts) \[fa icon="calendar'\] Nov 22, 2018 8:43:00 AM / by [Osstell](https://content.osstell.com/blog/author/osstell) posted in [loading protocol](https://content.osstell.com/blog/topic/loading-protocol), [isq](https://content.osstell.com/blog/topic/isq), [implant loading](https://content.osstell.com/blog/topic/implant-loading), [primary stability](https://content.osstell.com/blog/topic/primary-stability), [EAO](https://content.osstell.com/blog/topic/eao), [immediate loading](https://content.osstell.com/blog/topic/immediate-loading), [secondary stability](https://content.osstell.com/blog/topic/secondary-stability), [implant stability](https://content.osstell.com/blog/topic/implant-stability), [risk patient](https://content.osstell.com/blog/topic/risk-patient), [implant complication](https://content.osstell.com/blog/topic/implant-complication), [healing time](https://content.osstell.com/blog/topic/healing-time), [implant placement](https://content.osstell.com/blog/topic/implant-placement) [\[fa icon="comment"\] 0 Comments](https://content.osstell.com/blog/ask-the-experts#comments-listing) Clinicians from all over the world participated to Osstell Scientific Symposium at EAO Congress 2018 in Vienna, on October 11th. [Read More \[fa icon="long-arrow-right"\]](https://content.osstell.com/blog/ask-the-experts) [![](https://content.osstell.com/hubfs/Course%20Tabanella/Live%20Surgery%20-%20Tabanella.jpg)](https://content.osstell.com/blog/new-course-decision-making-in-the-retreatment-of-failures-in-implant-dentistry) ## [Decision-making in the retreatment of failures in implant dentistry](https://content.osstell.com/blog/new-course-decision-making-in-the-retreatment-of-failures-in-implant-dentistry) \[fa icon="calendar'\] Apr 16, 2018 10:04:00 AM / by [Giorgio Tabanella, DDS, MS](https://content.osstell.com/blog/author/giorgio-tabanella-dds-ms) posted in [regenerative protocols](https://content.osstell.com/blog/topic/regenerative-protocols), [retreatment](https://content.osstell.com/blog/topic/retreatment), [implant failure](https://content.osstell.com/blog/topic/implant-failure), [risk patient](https://content.osstell.com/blog/topic/risk-patient), [implant complication](https://content.osstell.com/blog/topic/implant-complication), [bone regeneration](https://content.osstell.com/blog/topic/bone-regeneration), [healing time](https://content.osstell.com/blog/topic/healing-time) [\[fa icon="comment"\] 1 Comment](https://content.osstell.com/blog/new-course-decision-making-in-the-retreatment-of-failures-in-implant-dentistry#comments-listing) Modern age of dental specialties is facing difficulties in treating patients who have been mistreated. Although “Primum non nocere” (“First do not harm”) should be the first goal of every medical doctor, nowadays we are used to see more and more often patients who present with iatrogenic effects or complications following a medical or dental treatment. 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