[Clinical study of pure titanium membranes in oral implant surgery].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate predictability and treatment outcome of the pure titanium membranes in bone defects around endosseous implants.


METHODS
81 patients and 92 dental implants were included in this study. The defects around implants were filled with bone grafts and Bio-Oss, and then covered by titanium membranes. 6 - 10 months later, all of the membranes were removed.


RESULTS
5 patients showed complications in soft tissue healing with exposure of the membranes. Bone defects around 89 implants were successfully covered with new regenerated bone.


CONCLUSIONS
Pure titanium membranes show excellent biocompatibility, exhibit good mechanical properties, avoid grafts displacement, ingrowth of connective tissue and contour collapse.
Qiu
Li-xin
LX
Center of Implantation, Peking University School of Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China.
Lin
Ye
Y
Wang
Xing
X
Li
Jian-hui
JH
Chen
Bo
B
D000328:Adult; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D016557:Guided Tissue Regeneration, Periodontal; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D014025:Titanium / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D014025:Titanium