Osseointegration With a New Hydrophilic Surface

Launched by OSSTEM AIC · Aug 25, 2018

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ClinConnect Summary

Patients required at least two teeth to be rehabilitated with a fixed, implant-supported restoration, consecutively enrolled. Patients randomly received Sandblasted and Acid-etched (SA) surface implants (SA group) or SA implants with a newly developed bio-absorbable apatite nano coating (NH group). Outcome measures were: implant and prosthetic survival rate, complications, insertion torque, and implant stability quotient (ISQ) measured at implant placement and every week up to 8 weeks after implant placement. Comparison between groups was made by unpaired t test, while comparison between ea...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Any healthy patients
• • Aged 18 years or older
• • Requiring at least two implants to be rehabilitated with a fixed implant supported restoration
• • Full mouth bleeding and full mouth plaque index lower than or equal to 25%
• • Sufficient bone to allow placement of at least 11.5 mm-long implants, and bone width of at least six to eight mm for the placement of a regular platform Hiossen ET III implant (Deutsche Osstem GmbH, Eschborn, Germany).
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Positive medical findings
• • Psychiatric therapy
• • Pregnancy or nursing
• • Smoking more than 10 cigarettes per day
• • Insertion torque \< 35 Ncm
• • Untreated periodontitis
• • Acute and chronic infections of the adjacent tissues or natural dentition
• • Previous radiotherapy of the oral and maxillofacial region within the last five years
• • Post-extractive implants (at least three months after tooth extraction)
• • Absence of teeth in the opposing jaw
• • Severe clenching or bruxism
• • Severe maxillo-mandibular skeletal discrepancy
• • Poor oral hygiene