title: Influence of periosteal coverage on the osteointegration and stability of dental implant distractors.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Dental implant distractors (DID) are an efficacious means of simultaneously augmenting the vertical bony height together with the installation of dental implants. Little is known about their biomechanical properties and osteointegration ability in the free fibula flap, where the periosteum is invariably damaged during the multiple osteotomies required for contouring purposes.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-four DID devices inserted into the tibias of 12 goats were evenly divided into three groups - whole periosteum (WP), half periosteum (HP), no periosteum (NP). Following 10 days of distraction and a 12 week consolidation period, the animals were euthanized to retrieve all 12 tibias. The bone-implant bonded percentage (BIBP) and removal torques (RTQ) of each fixture were determined and statistically compared across the various groups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A slight decrease in both BIBP and RTQ values was observed across the WP, HP, and NP groups, respectively, with statistically significant differences in the BIBP for the WP and NP groups only.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We conclude that although an intact periosteum is ideal for the osteointegration of the DID fixture, adequate stability can still be achieved due to the sufficient anchorage accorded by the base screws in the apical cortex.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Xuelai
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Chenping
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Eugene Poh
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Hze-Khoong
authors.forename: Shunkun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Liqun
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015921:Dental Implants; D017268:Dental Prosthesis Retention; D006041:Goats; D008297:Male; D016348:Osseointegration / Q000502:physiology*; D010012:Osteogenesis / Q000502:physiology; D019857:Osteogenesis, Distraction / Q000295:instrumentation*; D010521:Periosteum / Q000502:physiology*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods; D013977:Tibia / Q000601:surgery; D019415:Torque; D014732:Vibration
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants