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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2018 Apr;20(2):160-169.
doi: 10.1111/cid.12562. Epub 2017 Nov 27.

Histological evaluations and inflammatory responses of different dental implant abutment materials: A human histology pilot study

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Randomized Controlled Trial

Histological evaluations and inflammatory responses of different dental implant abutment materials: A human histology pilot study

Teeratida Sampatanukul et al. Clin Implant Dent Relat Res. 2018 Apr.

Abstract

Background: Improvements of soft tissue to the abutment surface results in more stable peri-implant conditions, however, few human histological studies have compared soft tissue responses around different abutment materials.

Purpose: To describe the peri-implant tissue around 3 abutment materials; titanium, zirconia, and gold alloy, over an 8-week healing period.

Materials and methods: Fifteen edentulous sites were treated with implants. Eight weeks later, peri-implant tissue was harvested and processed using a nonseparation resin embedded technique. The tissue attachment characteristics were assessed at clinical stages using the gingival index (GI) score, surgical stage (surgical score), and histological stage (histological attachment percentage). Additionally, the inflammatory responses were evaluated using inflammatory extent and inflammatory cellularity grades. Nonparametrical statistics were used to describe the GI and surgical scores, and analytical statistics were used to analyze the histological attachment percentages as well as the inflammatory extent and cellularity grades amongst the 3 groups.

Results: There were no statistically significant differences among the groups for GI score (P = .071) and surgical score (P = .262). Titanium and zirconia exhibited nearly similar mean histological attachment percentages while gold alloy had a significantly lower percentage (P = .004). For the inflammatory extent and cellularity grades, the odds of being one grade higher for gold alloy abutment was 5.18 and 17.8 times that of titanium abutment, respectively. However, for the zirconia abutment, the odds were 0.87 and 7.5 times higher than the titanium group.

Conclusions: The tissue around the gold alloy abutments resulted in worse attachment conditions compared with the titanium and zirconia abutments. Inflammation tended to be higher in the tissue around the gold alloy abutments than the titanium and zirconia abutments.

Keywords: abutments; clinical study; gold alloy; histological analysis; implant; peri-implant soft tissue; resin embedded; titanium; zirconia.

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