Evaluation of human peri-implant soft tissues around alumina-blasted/acid-etched standard and platform-switched abutments

Int J Periodontics Restorative Dent. 2013 Mar-Apr;33(2):e51-7. doi: 10.11607/prd.0938.

Abstract

This study evaluated the histometric characteristics of the peri-implant mucosa of human subjects that received textured implant abutments with conventional (implant and abutment with same diameter) or platform-switched (implant diameter wider than that of the abutment) configurations. Wider and longer connective tissue around platform-switched implants was observed compared to that with conventional abutments. Despite the different dimensions between the two abutment types, the abutment-soft tissue interaction was similar for both groups at the histometric level.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acid Etching, Dental / methods*
  • Adult
  • Aluminum Oxide / chemistry*
  • Connective Tissue / pathology
  • Dental Abutments
  • Dental Etching / methods*
  • Dental Implant-Abutment Design*
  • Dental Implantation, Endosseous / methods
  • Dental Implants
  • Epithelium / pathology
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Gingiva / pathology
  • Humans
  • Keratins
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Osteotomy / methods
  • Periodontium / pathology*
  • Surface Properties
  • Surgical Flaps / surgery

Substances

  • Dental Implants
  • Keratins
  • Aluminum Oxide