Wednesday, 12 October 2016

A Validated Method for Titanium Implant Anchorage Analysis using Micro CT and Biomechanical Testing

The use of uncemented titanium endosseous implants for restorative dentistry and orthopaedic surgery has been the standard of care for several decades. Endosseous implantation using uncemented titanium prostheses is commonly performed in trabecular bone sites such as the jaws, vertebrae and ileum.

Biomechanical Testing
Still, the mechanisms involved in this fascinating and unique interaction between a living tissue and foreign substance are poorly understood. An important reason for the absence of sufficient mechanistic information is the lack of robust experimental models combined with solid tools to analyze structurefunction relationships of the implant-bone system.

Qualitative and quantitative ex vivo analysis of peri-implant tissues is typically done by means of light microscopy using thin histological sections following implant removal or thicker ground sections which contain the implant and undecalcified bone. These techniques are labor-intensive and thus time-consuming.

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