title: Implant stability in different techniques of surgical sites preparation: an in vitro study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  In the last few decades the implantology has achieved excellent results in the prosthetic rehabilitation of the partially or totally edentulous patients. The clinicians, given the pressing demand by patients, must deal with the situations in which the lack of the availability and sometimes the low quality of the bone can lead to the treatment failure. Although the manufacturers recommend to follow codified surgical protocols, alternative techniques of preparation, apt to ensure a better primary implant stability, have been developed. The aim of this study was to determine in vitro, by using the resonance frequency (Osstell mentor), which technique of implant site preparation (piezo surgery, conventional, under-preparation, bone compaction, osteodistraction) is able to improve implant stability of type IV cancellous bone.
  
  
  METHODS
  10 pig ribs were prepared, and a surgical pre-drilled and calibrated guide for proper implant placement was used. On each rib, 5 implant sites were prepared, one for each technique.
  
  
  RESULTS
  One-way ANOVA did not show statistically significant differences among the "implant stability quotient" (ISQ) values of the 5 techniques utilized.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Thus, in light of these results, in the clinical practice of the type IV bone one technique is replaceable with the others, as none of them improves implant stability. The choice should instead be directed to the technique that accelerates the healing process and the osseointegration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Life, Health, and Environmental Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rastelli
authors.affiliation: Department of Life, Health, and Environmental Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Falisi
authors.affiliation: Department of Life, Health, and Environmental Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gatto
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Sciences, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Galli
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Sciences, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Saccone
authors.affiliation: Department of Life, Health, and Environmental Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Severino
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Sciences, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: DI Paolo
keywords: implant site preparation; primary implant stability; resonance frequency analysis