The effects of high-fat diet on implant osseointegration: an experimental study.
OBJECTIVE
In this study, we investigated whether a high-fat diet (HFD) affected the bone implant connection (BIC) in peri-implant bone.


METHODS
Four male rabbits were used in this study. Dental implant surgery was introduced into each tibia, and four implants were integrated into each animal. In both the normal diet (ND) group (n=2) and HFD group (n=2), 8 implants were integrated, for a total of 16 integrated implants. The animals continued with their respective diets for 12 weeks post-surgery. Afterward, the rabbits were sacrificed, and the BIC was assessed histomorphometrically.


RESULTS
Histologic and histomorphometric analyses demonstrated that BIC was not impaired in the HFD group compared to the ND group.


CONCLUSIONS
Within the limitations of this study, we found that HFD did not decrease the BIC in rabbit tibias.
Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey.
Serkan
0000-0003-3944-1957
S
Dündar
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
Ferhan
0000-0002-7583-2341
F
Yaman
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey.
Muhammed Fatih
0000-0001-8922-3646
MF
Ozupek
Periodontists, Private Practice, Adana, Turkey.
Arif
0000-0003-4566-7282
A
Saybak
Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
Mehmet
0000-0002-5721-8778
M
Gul
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey.
Fatih
0000-0002-5056-8193
F
Asutay
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey.
Mustafa
0000-0001-6598-2541
M
Kirtay
Department of Medical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey.
Ibrahim Hanifi
0000-0002-8781-8838
IH
Ozercan
Bone implant contact; High-fat diet; Histomorphometric analysis; Osseointegration; Titanium implants