title: Influence of the Prosthetic Index Into Morse Taper Implants on Bacterial Microleakage.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the influence of Morse taper implant index on microleakage.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty implants and abutments were divided into 3 groups (n = 10): CM1 (universal post and implant without index), CM2 (universal post and implant with index), and CM3 (abutment and implant with index). To evaluate the microleakage from the implant inner part, the implants were inoculated with Streptococcus sanguinis solution at a 0.5 McFarland and incubated for 7 days at 37°C in Eppendorf tubes with sterile broth. To evaluate the microleakage into the inner part of implant, these were inoculated with sterile Schaedler broth and immersed in a Fusobacterium nucleatum solution at a 0.5 McFarland. The samples were incubated for 30 days in an anaerobic chamber.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Nine samples of each group of the first methodology showed no presented bacterial contamination. No samples of the second methodology demonstrated turbidity of the broth.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The presence of the prosthetic internal index had no influence on bacterial microleakage of Morse taper implants under static conditions, for both methodologies.
authors.affiliation: *Master student, Department of Occlusion, Fixed Prostheses, and Dental Materials, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil. †PhD Student, Department of Occlusion, Fixed Prostheses, and Dental Materials, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil. ‡Master Student, Department of Occlusion, Fixed Prostheses, and Dental Materials, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil. §Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Occlusion, Fixed Prostheses, and Dental Materials, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil. ¶Associate Professor, Department of Occlusion, Fixed Prostheses, and Dental Materials, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil. ‖Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Analysis Technical Course, Technical School of Health, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil.
authors.forename: Caio César Dias
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Resende
authors.forename: Carolina Guimarães
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Castro
authors.forename: Leandro Maruki
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: Marcel Santana
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Prudente
authors.forename: Karla
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zancopé
authors.forename: Letícia Resende
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Davi
authors.forename: Mário Paulo Amante
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Penatti
authors.forename: Flávio Domingues
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: das Neves
mesh_terms: D059605:Dental Implant-Abutment Design / Q000009:adverse effects*; D015921:Dental Implants / Q000382:microbiology*; D003763:Dental Leakage / Q000382:microbiology*; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D016967:Fusobacterium nucleatum / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D013298:Streptococcus sanguis / Q000378:metabolism; D055114:X-Ray Microtomography
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants