Histologic evaluation of 3 retrieved immediately loaded implants after a 4-month period.
OBJECTIVE
To perform a histologic and histomorphometric analysis of the peri-implant tissue reactions and bone-titanium interface in 3 immediately loaded (provisional loaded) titanium implants retrieved from a man after a loading period of 4 months.


METHODS
A 35-year-old patient with a maxillary partial edentulism did not want to wear a provisional removable prosthesis during the healing period. It was decided to insert 3 definitive implants and use 3 provisional implants for the transitional period. The provisional implants were loaded the same day with a resin prosthesis in occlusal contact. During the second surgical phase, after 4 months, the provisional prosthesis was removed, and the provisional implants were retrieved with a trephine bur. Before retrieval, all implants appeared to be clinically osseointegrated. The specimens were processed for observation under light microscopy.


RESULTS
At low magnification, it was possible to observe that bone trabeculae were present around the implant. Areas of bone remodeling and haversian systems were present near the implant surface. Under polarized-light microscopy, it was possible to observe that in the coronal aspect of the thread, the lamellar bone showed lamellae that tended to run parallel to the implant surface, while in the inferior aspect of the thread, the bone lamellae ran perpendicular to the implant surface.


CONCLUSIONS
Histologic data pertaining to these 3 immediately loaded implants, and retrieved after a 4-month loading period, show that immediate loading did not produce untoward effects on peri-implant bone healing.
Iezzi
Giovanna
G
Dental School, University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy.
Pecora
Gabriele
G
Scarano
Antonio
A
Perrotti
Vittoria
V
Piattelli
Adriano
A
D000328:Adult; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000379:methods*; D015921:Dental Implants; D003794:Dental Restoration, Temporary / Q000379:methods*; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016348:Osseointegration; D013997:Time Factors; D016474:Weight-Bearing
D015921:Dental Implants