title: Correlation Between Stress Distributions and Biological Reactions in Bone Surrounding Implants That Support Cantilevers in Supraocclusal Contact in Rats.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the relationship between stress distributions and peri-implant bone reactions around maxillary implants that support cantilevers in supraocclusal contact.
  
  
  METHODS
  After molar extraction, 16 Wistar rats received a titanium implant unilaterally. After healing, 8 rats (control group) were killed and the others received implant-supported cantilever superstructures in supraocclusion (loaded group). After 5 days, they were killed. The maxillae of all rats were scanned by microcomputed tomography (μ-CT). Based on the μ-CT images, bone volumes were measured. For the loaded group, 3D finite element models were created and analyzed under 20-N vertical and 5-N lateral forces, successively. After μ-CT scanning, sections were prepared and observed histologically.
  
  
  RESULTS
  When compared with the controls, the bone volume tended to decrease in the loaded group, but the difference was not statistically significant. On average, marginal bone resorption and stresses tended to be higher in 2 rats that occluded on the cantilever arm than in the others, which occluded right on the implant, nevertheless, calculated stress did not surpass the maximum elastic stress (yielding strength) of rat bone. However, at the implant-bone interface of these samples, partial bone resorption surrounded by signs of active resorption was histologically found.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings suggest that in this occlusally loaded rat model, the stress distributions correlated to some extent with bone volume and morphological changes observed on μ-CT images and histological sections.
authors.affiliation: *Visiting Lecturer, Division of Bioprosthodontics, Department of Oral Health Science, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan. †Assistant Professor, Division of Bioprosthodontics, Department of Oral Health Science, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan. ‡Researcher, Division of Bioprosthodontics, Department of Oral Health Science, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan; Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, TX. §Associate Professor, Division of Bioprosthodontics, Department of Oral Health Science, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan. ¶Associate Professor, Division of Oral Science for Health Promotion, Department of Oral Health and Welfare, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan. ‖Professor, Division of Bioprosthodontics, Department of Oral Health Science, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan.
authors.forename: Ryohei
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Takano
authors.forename: Masako
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nagasawa
authors.forename: Megumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kitami
authors.forename: Juan Marcelo
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Rosales Rocabado
authors.forename: Masaru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaku
authors.forename: Roxana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Stegaroiu
authors.forename: Katsumi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Uoshima
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000069343:Bone-Implant Interface / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000502:physiology*; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000009:adverse effects; D015921:Dental Implants; D003799:Dental Stress Analysis; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D055114:X-Ray Microtomography
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants