Hard and soft tissue healing around implants with a modified implant neck configuration: An experimental in vivo preclinical investigation.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Evaluate the dimensions and morphology of peri-implant tissues around a modified dental implant designed with tissue level connection and a convergent transmucosal neck, when compared with a conventional bone level implant connected to a cylindrical machined titanium abutment.

Material and methods

Eight experimental animals were used for this in vivo investigation, in whom 16 test and 16 control implants were placed following a random allocation sequence. The following histological outcomes at 4 and 12 weeks were evaluated: morphology of peri-implant tissues, the soft tissue height and thickness, the horizontal and vertical bone remodeling, and the bone to implant contact (BIC).

Results

In both early (4 weeks) and late (12 weeks) healing times, there were n

SUBMITTER: Palombo D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9291855 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature