Study of the implant-tissue interface is one of the fundamental issues in implantology, both odontologic and orthopedic. The characteristics of this interface will influence the success or failure of an implant. The aim of the present study was to evaluate histomorphometrically the capacity of different metals to osseointegrate employing laminar implants of zirconium, titanium, aluminum, and zi...

BACKGROUND When an implant is inserted in the bone the healing process starts to osseointegrate the implant by creating new bone that interlocks with the implant. Biomechanical interlocking capacity is commonly evaluated in in vivo experiments. It would be beneficial to find a numerical method to evaluate the interlocking capacity of different surface structures with bone. In the present study,...

The purpose of this study was to examine the dose enhancement at bone-implant interfaces from scattered radiation during simulated head and neck radiotherapy. Three cylindric implant systems with different compositions (pure titanium, titanium-aluminum-vanadium alloy, titanium coated with hydroxyapatite) and a high gold content transmandibular implant system (gold-copper-silver alloy) were stud...

Background and Aim: Oral bacteria can proliferate in the implant-abutment interface (IAI) and cause inflammation in the peri-implant tissues and adjacent bone. This study aimed to assess the effect of zirconia and titanium abutments on the microleakage of the IAI under oblique cyclic loading conditions. Materials and Methods: In this in-vitro study, 12 implant-abutment assemblies with zirconia...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study is to evaluate the stability of interface between Co-Cr-Mo (CCM) UCLA abutment and external hex implant. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sixteen external hex implant fixtures were assigned to two groups (CCM and Gold group) and were embedded in molds using clear acrylic resin. Screw-retained prostheses were constructed using CCM UCLA abutment and Gold UCLA abutment. Th...

The histologic examination of dental implants retrieved from humans provides a unique opportunity to evaluate the bone-implant interface. This case report presents a clinical, radiographic, and histologic evaluation of a cylindrical hydroxyapatite- (HA) coated implant retrieved from the posterior maxillary area of a patient after 9 years after placement. The implant had been placed in conjuncti...

Much attention during the early stages of basic and clinical research on dental implants has been focused on the bone (jaw)-to-titanium (implant) interface, because direct bone contact with the implant was thought to be a critical factor in implant therapeutics. However, since wide acceptance of the important concept of “osseointegration”, developed by Branemark et al. (1977) in the late 1960’s...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this paper is to review current investigations on functional assessments of osseointegration and assess correlations to the peri-implant structure. MATERIAL AND METHODS The literature was electronically searched for studies of promoting dental implant osseointegration, functional assessments of implant stability, and finite element (FE) analyses in the field of implant d...

The success rate of osseointegrated implants is reported to be above 90%. Despite of the knowledge of the mechanisms of osseointegration, some faults still occur at implants systems. Recent researches assign those faults mainly to patient’s prosthetic rehabilitation. The misfit at abutment-implant interface and the missing of a passive adaptation between the prosthesis and the abutment can lead...

BACKGROUND Owing to the complexity and magnitude of functional forces transferred to the bone-implant interface, the mechanical strength of the interface is of great importance. The purpose of this study was to determine the intraosseous torsional shear strength of an osseointegrated oral implant using 3-D finite element (FE) stress analysis implemented by in vivo failure torque data of an impl...