Resumen de Peri-Implant Soft Tissue Integration of Immediately Loaded Implants in the Posterior Macaque Mandible: A Histomorphometric Study

Hashim Yaacob, Georg-Hubertus Nentwig, Chong Huat Siar, Chooi Gait Toh, George E. Romanos, Dasan Swaminathan, Ah Hup Ong

• Peri-Implant Soft Tissue Integration of Immediately Loaded Implants in the Posterior Macaque Mandible: A Histomorphometric Study Dr.Chong Huat Siar University of Malaya, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral Pathology, Oral Medicine & Periodontology, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

  Chooi Gait Toh University of Malaya, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Conservative Dentistry.

  George Romanos Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt, Dental School (Carolinum), Department of Oral Surgery and Implantology, Frankfurt, Germany.

  Dasan Swaminathan University of Malaya, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral Pathology, Oral Medicine & Periodontology, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

  Ah Hup Ong University of Malaya, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery.

  Hashim Yaacob University of Malaya, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral Pathology, Oral Medicine & Periodontology, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

  Georg-Hubertus Nentwig Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt, Dental School (Carolinum), Department of Oral Surgery and Implantology, Frankfurt, Germany.

  Background: Today, one critical goal in implant placement is the achievement of optimal soft tissue integration. Reports thus far have demonstrated successful soft tissue preservation in delayed loaded implants placed in anterior jaws. The aim of this study was to histomorphometrically examine the soft tissues around immediately loaded implants placed in the macaque posterior mandible.

  Methods: Splinted crowns on screw-shaped titanium implants (8 mm length, 3.5 mm diameter) were utilized. Three implants each were placed in the premolar-molar edentulous mandibular segments of 6 adult monkeys (Macaca fascicularis); one side served as the control (delayed loading) and the other as the test sites (immediate loading). The animals were sacrificed after 3 months of loading. Histomorphometry of 6 soft tissue indices including the sulcus depth (SD), junctional epithelium (JE), connective tissue contact (CTC), biologic width (BW = SD + JE + CTC), DIM (distance between the implant top and coronal gingiva), and DIB (distance between the implant top and first implant-to-bone contact) was performed on nondecalcified sections.

  Results: No significant differences in the mean soft tissue scores (mm) between the test (SD = 0.68 ± 0.63; JE = 1.71 ± 1.04; CTC = 1.51 ± 1.14; DIM = 2.27 ± 1.18; DIB = 1.32 ± 1.21; BW = 3.9) and control (SD = 0.88 + 0.57; JE = 1.66 + 0.77; CTC = 1.24 ± 0.92; DIM = 2.38 ± 0.81; DIB = 1.19 ± 0.91; BW = 3.78) groups were observed (P >0.01).

  Conclusion: These findings suggest that the dimensions of the peri-implant soft tissues were within the biologic range and were not influenced by immediate functional loading or posterior location of the implants in the macaque mandible. J Periodontol 2003;74:571-578.