title: Histologic analysis of resorbable blasting media surface implants retrieved from humans: a report of two cases.
abstract: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the degree of osseointegration of resorbable blasting media (RBM) surface implants retrieved from humans. Three implants in the mandibular molar region that were surface-treated with RBM were retrieved from two patients. The implants were used to manufacture specimens in order to measure the bone-implant contact (BIC) ratio. The BIC ratios of the three implants were found to be an average of 69.0%±9.1%. In conclusion, that RBM surface implants are integrated into the host environment with histological significance and the BIC ratio of the RBM surface-treated implant was not significantly different from that of other surface-treated implants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Section of Dentistry, Konyang University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Kyung-In
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-8588-6696
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Section of Dentistry, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea.
authors.forename: Young-Kyun
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-7268-3870
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Section of Dentistry, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea.
authors.forename: Sang-Woon
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-1136-7591
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea.
authors.forename: Su-Gwan
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-0424-9984
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea.
authors.forename: Sung-Chul
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-3912-2809
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Section of Dentistry, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea.
authors.forename: Pil-Young
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-6097-1229
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Yun
keywords: Dental implants; Removal