Initial interface between submerged hydroxyapatite-coated titanium alloy implant and mandibular bone after nontapping and tapping insertions in monkeys.
To clarify whether direct bone interface of submerged plasma-sprayed hydroxyapatite-coated implants could be achieved by nontapping insertion, histologic and histometric studies were made on the structure of the interface between the implant and the mandible in two monkeys. All hydroxyapatite-coated implants, whether by nontapping or tapping insertions, were healed with direct bone apposition. No histologic and histometric difference of interface structure was observed between nontapping and tapping insertions.
Akagawa
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Department of Removable Prosthodontics, Hiroshima University, School of Dentistry, Japan.
Satomi
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Nikai
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Tsuru
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D000497:Alloys; D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000379:methods*; D015921:Dental Implants; D017886:Durapatite; D006882:Hydroxyapatites; D008251:Macaca; D013499:Surface Properties; D014025:Titanium
D000497:Alloys; D015921:Dental Implants; D006882:Hydroxyapatites; C031462:titanium alloy (TiAl6V4); D017886:Durapatite; D014025:Titanium