title: Primary implant stability in the atrophic sinus floor of human cadaver maxillae: impact of residual ridge height, bone density, and implant diameter.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Simultaneous implant placement in conjunction with lateral or transcrestal maxillary sinus floor augmentation gives the benefit of reduction in healing times and surgical interventions. Primary implant stability, however, may be significantly reduced in resorbed residual ridges. Aim of the present study was to investigate the impact of residual bone height, bone density, and implant diameter on primary stability of implants in the atrophic sinus floor.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 66 NobelActive implants were inserted in the sinus floor of fresh human cadaver maxillae: 22 narrow (3.5 mm), 22 regular (4.3 mm), and 22 wide (5.0 mm) diameter implants in residual ridges of 2-6 mm height. Presurgical computed tomographic scans were acquired to assess bone height and density. Primary implant stability was evaluated by insertion torque values (ITV), Periotest values (PTV), and Osstell implant stability quotients (ISQ).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Correlations within outcomes (ITV, PTV, ISQ) were highly significant (P < 0.001). Radiographic bone density was found to significantly impact all three outcome measures (P < 0.001), while no influence of residual bone height and implant diameter could be revealed by multifactorial analysis. Consistent results were seen in all subgroups (including residual ridges of 5-6 mm height).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Bone density seems to represent the major determinant of primary stability in maxillary sinus augmentation with simultaneous implant placement (as well as 5-6 mm short implants in the maxillary sinus floor). Preoperative bone density assessment may help to avoid stability-related complications in one-stage implant treatment of the atrophic posterior maxilla.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Surgery, Bernhard Gottlieb School of Dentistry, Vienna Medical University, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pommer
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hof
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fädler
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gahleitner
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Watzek
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Watzak
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D015519:Bone Density; D002102:Cadaver; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000379:methods*; D015921:Dental Implants; D019232:Dental Restoration Failure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D059546:Sinus Floor Augmentation / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D019415:Torque; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants