Osseo-integration of dental implants in radiated mandibles: an experimental study with beagle dogs.
This investigation was planned to detect the ability of radiated bone to integrate with dental implants and to study the load-bearing capacity of these implants. In five beagle dogs, the premolars were extracted, after which one side of the mandible was radiated with 40 Gy. Three months later, two hollow-cylinder implants were placed on each side of the mandible. After a three-month period of osseo-integration, bridges were constructed on the implants, and they were loaded for six months. Both clinical and x-ray examinations showed that all implants had integrated well and bore load without change in their host sites for a six-month period, at which time the dogs were killed.
Asikainen
P
P
Department of Oral Surgery, University of Kuopio, Finland.
Kotilainen
R
R
Vuillemin
T
T
Sutter
F
F
Voipio
H M
HM
Kullaa
A
A
D000818:Animals; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous; D003830:Denture, Partial, Fixed; D004285:Dogs; D008334:Mandible / Q000528:radiation effects*; D016348:Osseointegration; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011833:Radiation Injuries, Experimental / Q000503:physiopathology