title: Immediate semi-static loading using compression healing abutments: a stability study in dogs.
abstract: Loading in implant dentistry to accelerate prosthodontic treatment has been receiving increasing interest. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of an early controlled lateral loading (after 7 days) on the establishment of osseointegration by means of resonance frequency analysis. Two groups of six beagle dogs each were used. Group I had implants without loading. Group II had implants loaded with a new prototype compression abutment that created controlled semi-static loading. Loaded implants showed slightly better stability after 5 weeks of healing, but the difference was not significant. We concluded that controlled loading is beneficial to maintain, and even improve, stability during the early critical healing period.
authors.affiliation: Department of Buccofacial Medicine and Surgery, School of Dentistry, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain. jo.cano@wanadoo.es
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cano
authors.forename: Julián
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Campo
authors.forename: César
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Colmenero
authors.forename: José Francisco
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Vázquez
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000044:Dental Abutments / Q000662:veterinary*; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D015921:Dental Implants / Q000662:veterinary*; D003799:Dental Stress Analysis / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000662:veterinary; D004285:Dogs / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants