https://doi.org/10.23805/jo.2009.01.02.02

Immediately loaded screw implant retrieved after a 12-year loading period: a histologic and histomorphometric case report

Vol. 1 No. 2 (2009)
Submitted: 9 June 2017
Accepted: 9 June 2017
Published: 30 August 2009
Bone-implant interface, immediately loaded implant, retrieved implant
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Giovanna Iezzi
info@ariesdue.it
Student, Research Fellow, Dental School, University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy.
Gabriele Pecora
Private Practice, Rome, Italy.
Antonio Scarano
Researcher, Dental School, University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy.
Vittoria Perrotti
Student, Research Fellow, Dental School, University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy.
Adriano Piattelli
Professor of Oral Pathology and Medicine, Dental School, University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy.
Background Immediate loading of dental implants has shown promising results in man and experimental animals. It offers patients several advantages in terms of treatment cost and convenience, and eliminates the functional and psychological problems connected to dentures. The aim of the present study was the histological evaluation of the peri-implant tissues of a onepiece immediately loaded screw implant retrieved from a patient after a 12-year loading period. Conclusion Mineralized tissue was present at the interface of the implant. Bone-to-implant contact was 75% ±4%. The histological data showed that osseointegration was obtained in an immediately loaded one-piece screw implant inserted into the maxilla and that this osseointegration was successfully maintained over a long period (12 years). The bone response was not disturbed by stresses and strains transmitted at the interface under functional loading.

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Iezzi, G., Pecora, G., Scarano, A., Perrotti, V., & Piattelli, A. (2009). Immediately loaded screw implant retrieved after a 12-year loading period: a histologic and histomorphometric case report. Journal of Osseointegration, 1(2), 54–59. https://doi.org/10.23805/jo.2009.01.02.02

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