Plaque accumulation on exposed titanium surfaces and peri-implant tissue behavior. A preliminary 1-year clinical study.
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study was to evaluate plaque accumulation and peri-implant tissue response adjacent to machined and dual acid-etched (DAE) titanium implant surfaces.


METHODS
Two types of implants were used-control implants with a DAE surface in their apical portion and a machined coronal part, and test implants with a DAE surface throughout their entire length. A total of 10 sets of implants were placed in the posterior quadrants of eight patients, with at least 2 implants (1 control and 1 test implant) placed in each site. Machined healing abutments were placed on the control implants and DAE-surfaced healing abutments on the test implants. Plaque Index and bleeding on probing (BOP) were recorded together with histologic and microbiologic analyses of the peri-implant tissues. The healing abutments underwent a scanning electron microscope scan at 5 months postsurgery. Standardized radiographs were also taken at the time of implant placement and 3, 6, and 12 months postsurgery.


RESULTS
DAE surfaces accumulated more plaque than machined surfaces (P < .0006) and the plaque was assessed as more difficult to remove (P < .0143). No histologic abnormalities were seen and the test implants showed significantly lower crestal bone resorption than the control (P < .0174).


CONCLUSIONS
DAE healing abutments showed an increased plaque accumulation, but no significant BOP differences or histologic analyses were found between test and control sites. The test implants showed less interproximal bone resorption than the control ones at the end of a 1-year follow-up evaluation.
Baldi
Domenico
D
Department of Fixed and Implant Prosthodontics, Genoa University, Genova, Italy.
Menini
Maria
M
Pera
Francesco
F
Ravera
Giambattista
G
Pera
Paolo
P
D000134:Acid Etching, Dental; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016301:Alveolar Bone Loss / Q000145:classification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000044:Dental Abutments; D015921:Dental Implants; D003764:Dental Materials / Q000737:chemistry; D003773:Dental Plaque / Q000145:classification*; D003774:Dental Plaque Index; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005884:Gingival Hemorrhage / Q000145:classification / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D008875:Middle Aged; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D010512:Periodontal Index; D016300:Radiography, Bitewing; D016037:Single-Blind Method; D013499:Surface Properties; D014025:Titanium / Q000737:chemistry
D015921:Dental Implants; D003764:Dental Materials; D014025:Titanium