Bone contact around osseointegrated implants: histologic analysis of a dual-acid-etched surface implant in a diabetic patient.
The clinical applicability and predictability of osseointegrated implants in healthy patients have been studied extensively. Although successful treatment of patients with medical conditions including diabetes, arthritis, and cardiovascular disease has been described, insufficient information is available to determine the effects of diabetes on the process of osseointegration. An implant placed and intended to support an overdenture in a 65-year-old diabetic woman was prosthetically unfavorable and was retrieved after 2 months. It was then analyzed histologically. No symptoms of implant failure were detected, and histomorphometric evaluation showed the bone-to-implant contact percentage to be 80%. Osseointegration can be obtained when implants with a dual-acid-etched surface are placed in properly selected diabetic patients.
Dental School, University G d'Annunzio, Chieti-Pescara, Italy.
Calogero
C
Bugea
Roberto
R
Luongo
Donato
D
Di Iorio
Roberto
R
Cocchetto
Renato
R
Celletti
D000134:Acid Etching, Dental; D000368:Aged; D001857:Bone Matrix / Q000473:pathology; D002113:Calcification, Physiologic / Q000502:physiology; D000044:Dental Abutments; D015921:Dental Implants; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D003826:Denture, Complete, Lower; D003828:Denture, Overlay; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008334:Mandible / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016348:Osseointegration / Q000502:physiology*; D010006:Osteoblasts / Q000473:pathology; D013499:Surface Properties
D015921:Dental Implants