ABSTRACT
The tissue-implant interfaces of functional and non-functional endosseous dental implants were compared histologically for up to one year post-operatively. Nonmineralized connective tissue zones (a "fibrous capsule") existed in all functional interfaces. Direct, or nearly direct, bone apposition to implants occurred in non-functional interfaces. The origin of this result and its significance in dental implantology is discussed.
Subject(s)
Alveolar Process/anatomy & histology , Blade Implantation/instrumentation , Dental Implantation, Endosseous/instrumentation , Alveolar Process/physiology , Animals , Connective Tissue/anatomy & histology , Dental Stress Analysis , Dogs , Mandible/anatomy & histology , Mastication , Surface Properties , Time Factors , Titanium , Wound HealingABSTRACT
Functional and non-functional endosseous dental implants were clinically compared in beagle mandibles for up to one year post-operatively. Differing biomechanical conditions led to clinical differences between functional and non-functional implants. Typical clinical tests, however, did not always reveal detailed histological differences between implant-tissue interfaces of functional and non-funcional implants.
