Immediate implant placement into infected and noninfected extraction sockets: a pilot study.
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.
Chang
Seok-Woo
SW
Department of Conservative Dentistry, The Institute of Oral Health Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 50 Irwondong, Gangnamgu, Seoul, Korea.
Shin
Seung-Yun
SY
Hong
Jong-Rak
JR
Yang
Seung-Min
SM
Yoo
Hyun-Mi
HM
Park
Dong-Sung
DS
Oh
Tae-Seok
TS
Kye
Seung-Beom
SB