title: Immediate implant placement into infected and noninfected extraction sockets: a pilot study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study compared the osseointegration of immediate implants in dogs in infection-free sites and in sites with periradicular lesions which were removed by simulated periradicular surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  Periradicular surgeries were performed to remove intentionally induced periradicular lesions, followed by teeth extraction and immediate implant placement with (experimental group 1) or without (experimental group 2) membranes. In the control group, implants were placed at healthy extraction sockets. After 12 weeks, the animals were killed and the results of histomorphometric study were analyzed by Kruskal-Wallis test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Both the control and the experimental implants were clinically acceptable. The control group showed significantly higher bone-implant contact (BIC; 76.03 +/- 7.98%) than the experimental groups 1 (59.55 +/- 14.21%) and 2 (48.62 +/- 20.22%) (P < .05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Despite the lower BIC of the experimental groups, this pilot study showed the possibility that immediate implant placement might be successful in extraction sockets with periradicular lesions. Further studies with larger sample sizes are required.
authors.affiliation: Department of Conservative Dentistry, The Institute of Oral Health Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 50 Irwondong, Gangnamgu, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Seok-Woo
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Seung-Yun
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Jong-Rak
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Seung-Min
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Hyun-Mi
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.forename: Dong-Sung
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Tae-Seok
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Seung-Beom
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Kye