Early tissue response to modified implant surfaces using back scattered imaging.
OBJECTIVE
It is now well known that implant surface properties affect osseointegration. Grit-blasting with abrasives and coating by plasma are methods to modify implant surfaces. This study aimed to compare the direction of new bone formation associated with three types of surfaces.


METHODS
Titanium (Ti) alloy rods grit-blasted with alumina abrasive (Group 1, G1), with apatitic abrasive (Group 2, G2), and with apatitic abrasive and plasma-sprayed with hydroxyapatite (Group 3, G3) were implanted in surgically created defects in tibias of New Zealand white rabbits for 2 and 4 weeks. After sacrifice, the implants and surrounding bones were obtained and analyzed using back scattered imaging.


RESULTS
Differences in patterns of bone formation among the groups were observed: originating from the cortical bone towards the implant surface (Type A), surrounding the implant (Type B) and originating from the medullary cavity (Type C). G1 and G3 showed Types A and B while G2 exhibited Types A, B and C. After 4 weeks, greater amount of new bone was observed in G2 group compared with those in G1 and G3 groups.


CONCLUSIONS
This study demonstrated that patterns of bone formation are influenced by methods of surface modification.
Nakada
Hiroshi
H
Dept. of Gnatho-Oral Prosthetic Rehabilitation, Nihon University School of Dentistry at Matsudo, Japan. nakada.hiroshi@nihon-u.ac.jp
Sakae
Toshiro
T
LeGeros
Racquel Z
RZ
LeGeros
John P
JP
Suwa
Taketoshi
T
Numata
Yasuko
Y
Kobayashi
Kihei
K
D000818:Animals; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000379:methods*; D015921:Dental Implants; D016348:Osseointegration; D011817:Rabbits; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D013499:Surface Properties
D015921:Dental Implants