Immediate occlusal loading of Brånemark System TiUnite implants placed predominantly in soft bone: 4-year results of a prospective clinical study.

Background: Immediate occlusal implant loading has been documented as a viable treatment option for various indications. However, most of the available studies reported on the short-term outcome of this treatment modality.

Purpose: The purpose of this prospective clinical study was to document, on a long-term basis, the outcome of immediate occlusally loaded Brånemark System Mk IV TiUnite (Nobel Biocare AB, Göteborg, Sweden) implants placed to support fixed reconstructions in various regions of the jaws.

The human bone-oxidized titanium implant interface: A light microscopic, scanning electron microscopic, back-scatter scanning electron microscopic, and energy-dispersive x-ray study of clinically retrieved dental implants.

Background: Surface modification of titanium implants by anodic oxidation may lead to enhanced bone integration. For instance, in vivo studies have demonstrated formation of more bone contacts in less time than for turned control implants. In addition, oxidized implants have shown a higher resistance to torque forces, indicating a strong interlock between bone and the oxide layer.

Resonance frequency analysis of implants subjected to immediate or early functional occlusal loading. Successful vs. failing implants.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to analyze the development of implant stability by repeated resonance frequency analysis (RFA) measurements during 1 year in 23 patients treated according to an immediate/early-loading protocol. The objective was also to evaluate the possible differences between failing and successful implants.

Material And Methods: Eighty-one Brånemark System implants were placed in 23 patients for immediate/early-occlusal loading in all jaw regions.

Surgical intervention in enchondral and membranous bone: intraindividual comparisons in the rabbit.

Background: The long bones, which are of enchondral origin, are often used in histologic evaluations of dental implants that clinically will be placed in bones of membranous origin.

Purpose: The aim of this investigation was to study the effect of surgical trauma by multiple drill perforations on both enchondral and membranous bone--the tibial and maxillary bone architecture--8 weeks after surgery.

Materials And Methods: In eight rabbits the medial metaphyses of both tibiae and the edentulous ridges of both sides in the maxilla were surgically exposed.

One-year prospective three-center study comparing the outcome of a "soft bone implant" (prototype Mk IV) and the standard Brånemark implant.

Background: Oral implant treatment ad modum Brånemark has been used for decades in the rehabilitation of edentate and partially dentate patients. Posterior jaw regions frequently exhibit bone of poor texture, and it is often difficult to obtain primary stability. Thus, it may prove beneficial to deviate from the original protocol and to use implants with a modified design, for example, with a slightly tapered geometry.

Influence of preimplant surgical intervention and implant placement on bone wound healing.

The aims of the present investigation were to study (1). the influence of preimplant (4 weeks) surgical intervention and (2). the influence of the implant placement per se on bone density and mineralized bone-implant contact (BIC) at implant sites in the rabbit jawbone.

Immediate occlusal loading of Brånemark TiUnite implants placed predominantly in soft bone: 1-year results of a prospective clinical study.

Background: The original Brånemark protocol for dental implant treatment was based on submerged healing prior to loading. However, immediate loading has been reported possible with high success rates for various indications, provided that good bone quality and quantity are present. In many of these studies, machined-surface implants have been used.