title: Immediately loaded blade implant retrieved from a after a 20-year loading period: a histologic and histomorphometric case report.
abstract: Immediate loading of root-form dental implants has shown promising results and offers treatment cost and convenience advantages to patients. Although blade implants have been immediately loaded for over 2 decades, the ability of this implant design to achieve osseointegration has been debated. The aim of the present study was to histologically evaluate the peri-implant tissues of an immediately loaded blade implant retrieved for abutment fracture after a 20-year loading period. Histologic samples were prepared and examined by light microscope. Compact, cortical, mature bone with well-formed osteons was present at the interface of the implant. Bone-to-implant contact was 51% +/- 6%. The histologic data showed that osseointegration was obtained in an immediately loaded blade implant inserted into the mandible, and that mineralized tissues were maintained at the interface over a long period (20 years).
authors.affiliation: Dental School, University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy.
authors.forename: Danilo
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Di Stefano
authors.forename: Giovanna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Iezzi
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scarano
authors.forename: Vittoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Perrotti
authors.forename: Adriano
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Piattelli
mesh_terms: D001751:Blade Implantation; D015921:Dental Implants; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D003799:Dental Stress Analysis; D020878:Device Removal; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016348:Osseointegration; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants