A mechanical evaluation of implants placed with different surgical techniques into the trabecular bone of goats.
Publication year
2007Source
Journal of Oral Implantology, 33, 2, (2007), pp. 51-8ISSN
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor
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Organization
Periodontology and Biomaterials
Journal title
Journal of Oral Implantology
Volume
vol. 33
Issue
iss. 2
Page start
p. 51
Page end
p. 8
Subject
NCMLS 1: Immunity, infection and tissue repair; NCMLS 3: Tissue engineering and pathology; UMCN 4.3: Tissue engineering and reconstructive surgeryAbstract
The aim of the study was to assess the effects of surgical technique and implant surface roughness on implant fixation. A total of 48 screw implants with machined or etched surface topographies were placed into the femoral condyles of goats. The implant sites were prepared by a conventional technique, by undersized preparation, or by the osteotome technique. Bone tissue responses were evaluated after 12 weeks of healing by removal torque testing and histologic analysis using scanning electron microscope. The cumulative removal torque value of the etched implants placed with the undersized technique (98 +/- 29 Ncm) was higher (50 +/- 35 Ncm) to a level of statistical significance than machined surface implants placed by the osteotome technique. Scanning electron microscope evaluation indicated that all implants showed interfacial bone contact. The torque test resulted in fracture at the bone-implant interface for all experimental conditions. Installation of etched implants using an undersized preparation of the implant bed resulted in superior bonding strength with the surrounding bone at 12 weeks after surgery. Evidently, the undersized preparation technique improved the early fixation of oral implants in this study.
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