IMPLANT DENTISTRY – Osseointegration and materials

TOPIC: OSSEOINTEGRATION AND MATERIALS

🎯 KEY FACTS

🔹The term osseointegration was coined by P.I. Branemark in 1977.

🔹Minimum period required for osseointegration of the implants in the maxilla is 6 months and for mandible is 4 months.

🔹Implants should be placed after 16 years of age in a young patient once the alveolar growth is completed; otherwise, it leads to submerged implants.

🔹The factors affecting the osteogenic potential of the implant surface are chemical composition, surface energy, surface roughness and surface morphology.

🔹Autogenous bone graft is the gold standard of all the bone grafts, as it gives the best and most reliable results.

🔹Platelet-rich plasma is used for reconstruction of mandible as bone grafts or in sinus lift procedures.

🔹Osseointegration is the apparent direct attachment or connection of osseous tissue to an inert, alloplastic material without intervening connective tissues.

🔹Autogenous bone graft considered gold standards for all other graft materials.

🔍 CLASSIFICATION OF MATERIALS USED IN DENTAL IMPLANTS

✳️ On the Basis of Type of Material Used

👉 Metals:

  • Stainless steel
  • Cobalt–chromium–molybdenum based
  • Titanium and its alloys
  • Surface-coated titanium
  • Other metals and alloys

👉 Ceramics:

  • Bioglass
  • Hydroxyapatite
  • Aluminium oxide

👉 Polymers and composites

👉 Carbon and carbon silicone compounds

 

🔍 BIOACTIVE MATERIALS USED IN IMPLANT DENTISTRY

🔸Most commonly used bioactive materials in implant dentistry are ceramic-based materials.

✳️ Ceramic materials can be divided into two types:

  1. BIOACTIVE e.g. hydroxyapatite, bioglass and beta-tricalcium phosphate; these materials exhibit chemical contact with the host bone.
  2. BIOINERT CERAMICS e.g. aluminium oxide and titanium oxide; these materials do not bond directly to the bone but are mechanically held in contact with the host bone.

🔎 CLASSIFICATION OF BIOACTIVE MATERIALS 

🔶 On the Basis of Structure

  • Dense crystalline—least resorption of bone occurs
  • Amorphous—faster resorption occurs

🔶 On the Basis of Porosity

  • Dense—least resorption occurs
  • Macroporous—larger spaces and slower resorption
  • Microporous—smaller spaces and faster resorption

🔶 On the Basis of pH

  • Low pH—all CaPO4 compounds resorp rapidly,
  • High pH—resorp slowly.

TYPES OF BONE GRAFT

  • Autogenous bone graft
  • Allograft
  • Alloplast
  • Xenograft

VARIOUS BIOMATERIALS COMMONLY USED 

  • Hydroxyapatite
  • Bioglass
  • Bovine-derived anorganic bone matrix material (Bio-Oss)
  • Calcium sulphate
  • Tricalcium phosphate

🔍 HEALING PROCESS IN IMPLANTS OCCURS IN THREE PHASES:

  • Osteophyllic phase
  • Osteoconductive phase
  • Osteoadaptive phase

🔎 THREE MECHANISMS FOR BONE REGENERATION

  • Osteogenesis
  • Osteoinduction
  • Osteoconduction