The Periodontium of Dental Implants Flashcards
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What are the basic parts of an implant and their relation to teeth?
- Implant body
- Abutment
- Crown
Does implant anatomy have PDL?
NO
Why do we use titanium for implants?
- Excellent biocompatibility
- Low weight/high strength
- Excellent corrosion resistance
- Contains a titanium oxide layer that promotes adhesion of osteogenic cells
What does the titanium oxide layer of the titanium implant do?
promotes adhesion of osteogenic cells
What does the dental implant look like?
What is the bone level implants?
The interface of implant and abutment is at the bone
What is the tissue level implants?
The interface of the implant and abutment is at the tissue
What are the advantages of bone level implants
- Better esthetics, no metal collar
- Can achieve primary closure if needed
What are the disadvantages of bone level implants?
- Microenvironment allows bacteria to be present at bone level
- Less cleansable
- Harder to see residual cement
What are the disadvantages of tissue level implants?
- Metal collar may show through
What are the advantages of tissue level implants?
- Collar creates a “biologic width”
- Bacteria is at tissue level, away from the bone
- More cleansable
- Easier to see residual cement
What can dental implants be used for?
- replace one tooth
- replace multiple teeth
- replace all teeth
- support removable dentures
Implant retained denture =
removable
Implant supported denture =
fixed
What are the types of protheses that implants are used on?
Single crowns, FPDs, implant supported RPDs, overdentures, hybrid dentures
What is osseointegration?
A stable implant relies on direct structural and functional connection between vital bone and the surface of an implant
What are factors that determine successful osseointegration?
- Biocompatibility of the implant surface
- Macro and microscopic nature of the implant surface
- Status of the implant site (non infected bone, bone quality)
- Surgical technique
- Undisturbed healing
- Long term loading and prosthetic design
What medical history should you be aware of for implants?
- Diabetes (Controlled vs. Uncontrolled)
- Osteoporosis and bisphosphonate use (Not a contraindication to implant placement)
What social history should you be aware of for implants?
Smoking
* Increased failure of dental implants
* 84% vs 98% (without smoking)
* Depends on use – heavy or light
How will you know clinically if an implant is osseointegrated?
- Immobile
- Clear sound to percussion
- No pain or infection
- No paresthesia
How will you know radiographically if an implant is osseointegrated?
- No radiolucent peri-implant space
- Minimal bone loss; <1mm remodeling, <0.1mm/year after the first year
What should the bone loss be during remodeling after an implant?
less than 1.0 mm
What should bone loss be a year after an implant is placed?
less than 0.1mm/year
What is contact osetogenesis?
- Bone first forms on the implant surface
- Bone formation progresses from implant surface to existing bone
- Rough surface implants