title: Immediate implants at fresh extraction sockets: bone healing in four different implant systems.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the differences in bone healing, when placing four different implant systems in fresh extraction sockets.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eight beagle dogs received implants randomly installed into the distal socket of three P3 and four P4. Four-implant systems were evaluated. Each animal provided four test implant sites. All animals were sacrificed at 6 weeks after implant placement, providing specimens for histo-morphometric analysis of bone to implant contact (BIC), bone area, new bone formation, as well as histometric measurements of the ridge alterations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No statistically significant difference was observed among the four-implant systems. The mean BIC % ranged between 58.5% and 72.1%. Bone modelling of the buccal plate was marked and amounted approximately to 2.5 mm, independently of the system used.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study failed to demonstrate differences in the healing pattern after 6 weeks when placing four different implant systems in fresh extraction sockets. In spite of achieving predictable osteointegration with the four implants studied, the occurrence of buccal bone resorption may limit the use of this surgical approach.
authors: Dipartimento di Scienze, Universitá degli stidi di Siena, Odontostomatologiche, Siena, Italy.
authors: Massimo
authors: M
authors: de Sanctis
authors: Fabio
authors: F
authors: Vignoletti
authors: Nicola
authors: N
authors: Discepoli
authors: Giovanni
authors: G
authors: Zucchelli
authors: Mariano
authors: M
authors: Sanz
mesh_terms: D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000473:pathology; D000818:Animals; D001641:Bicuspid / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016723:Bone Remodeling / Q000502:physiology; D001862:Bone Resorption / Q000503:physiopathology; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000379:methods*; D015921:Dental Implants / Q000145:classification; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D004285:Dogs; D008334:Mandible / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016348:Osseointegration / Q000502:physiology; D010012:Osteogenesis / Q000502:physiology; D011897:Random Allocation; D016037:Single-Blind Method; D014081:Tooth Extraction; D020390:Tooth Socket / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants