IMPLANTDENTISTRY/VOLUME18,NUMBER1200957
ClinicalEvaluationofLaserMicrotexturingforSoftTissueandBoneAttachmentto
DentalImplants
GabrieleE.Pecora,DDS,MD,*RolandoCeccarelli,DDS,?MarcoBonelli,DDS,?HaroldAlexander,PhD,§
andJohnL.Ricci,PhD?
itaniumalloydentalimplantshavebeendesigned,fabricated,andtestedwithmicrogeometries(surfacecharacteristicsinthemicronrange)tocontrolboneandsoft-tissueintegration.Thesesurfaceshavehighlyoriented,consistentmicrostructuresthatareappliedusingcomputer-controlledlaserablationtechniquesusingapulsed,computer-controlledExcimerlasersys-temandlarge-areamasking.Animalex-periments1indicatethatthistechnologyenhancesboneandsoft-tissueintegra-tionandcontrolsthelocalmicrostruc-turalgeometryofattachedbone.
Coloniesofcellsgrownonthelasermachinedsurfacesshowpreferentialcolonizationparalleltothegrooves.Themicrogroovedsurfacescauseelongatedcolonygrowth,whichisacceleratedinthexdirection(paralleltothesurfacemicrogeometry)andinhibitedintheydirection(perpendiculartothesurfacemicrogeometry).Onanindividualcelllevel,thecellsareobservedtoattachandorientalongthesurfacegrooves.Thiscausesthecellstobe“channeled”inthexdirection,ascomparedwithcon-trolcultures,wheretheoutgrowingcellsmoverandomlyonflatsurfaces.Cellsareobservedtoattachandorientwithinthegroovesandonflattopsofthe
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Introduction:Atapereddentalimplant(Laser-Lok[LL]surfacetreatment)witha2mmwidecollar,thathasbeenlasermicromachinedinthelower1.5mmtopreferentiallyaccomplishboneandconnectivetis-sueattachmentwhileinhibitingepi-thelialdowngrowth,wasevaluatedinaprospective,controlled,multi-centerclinicaltrial.
Materials:Dataarereportedatmeasurementperiodsfrom1to37monthspostoperativefor20pairsofim-plantsin15patients.Theimplantsareplacedadjacenttomachinedcollarcontrolimplantsofthesamede-sign.Measurementvaluesarereportedforbleedingindex,plaqueindex,prob-ingdepth,andcrestalboneloss.
Results:Nostatisticaldifferencesaremeasuredforeitherbleedingorplaqueindex.Atallmeasurementpe-riodstherearesignificantdifferencesintheprobingdepthsandthecrestalbonelossdifferencesaresignificantafter7months(P?0.001).At37monthsthemeanprobingdepthis2.30mmandthemeancrestalbone
grooves.Thisresultsinenhancedxaxisgrowthandalmostnoyaxisgrowthbycellsonthesesurfaces;thecellsarespindleshapedandwelloriented.
Implantchambermodelstudies2showthatcaninebonegrowsintochannelslinedwiththelasermicroma-chinedsurfacesfasterandmoreexten-sivelythaninchannelslinedwithblasttexturedsurfaces.Newboneisob-
lossis0.59mmforLLversus3.60and1.94mm,respectively,forcontrolim-plant.Also,comparingresultsinthemandibleversusthoseinthemaxillademonstratesabiggerdifference(controlimplant?LL)inthemeanincrestalbonelossandprobingdepthinthemaxilla.However,thisresultwasnotstatisticallysignificant.
Discussion:Theconsistentdiffer-enceinprobingdepthbetweenLLandcontrolimplantdemonstratesthefor-mationofastablesoft-tissuesealabovethecrestalbone.LLlimitedthecrestalbonelosstothe0.59mmrangeasopposedtothe1.94mmcrestalbonelossreportedforcontrolimplant.TheLLimplantwasfoundtobecomparablewiththecontrolimplantinsafetyend-pointsplaqueindexandsulcularbleed-ingindex.Thereisanonstatisticallysig-nificantsuggestionthattheLLcrestalboneretentionsuperiorityisgreaterinthemaxillathanthemandible.(ImplantDent2009;18:57–66)
KeyWords:alveolarboneloss/etiology,dentalprosthesisdesign,crestalbone,implant
surface
servedtoattachdirectlytothelasermicromachinedsurfacesandthetra-becularboneadjacenttothesesurfacesisstronglyorientedparalleltothemi-crogrooves.Thisorientationaleffectofthelasermicromachinedsurfacesonattachedboneisconfirmedinanintramedullaryrodsamplewhereori-entationofattachedbonetrabeculaefollowsmicrogrooveorientation
*PrivatePractice,Rome,Italy.?PrivatePractice,Lucca,Italy?PrivatePractice,Imperia,Italy.
§President,Orthogen,LLC,Springfield,NJ.
?AssociateProfessor,DepartmentofBiomaterialsand
Biomimetics,NewYorkUniversityCollegeofDentistry,NewYork,NY.
ISSN1056-6163/09/01801-057ImplantDentistry
Volume18?Number1
Copyright?2009byLippincottWilliams&WilkinsDOI:10.1097/ID.0b013e31818c5a6d
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whetheritiscircumferentialorlongi-tudinal.Boneattachmenttothelasermicromachinedsurfacesisstrongenoughtomeasureintensionandtensile-testedspecimensoftenshowboneleftbe-hindinthemicrogrooves.Bonesurfacesexposedafterimplantremovalalwaysshowextensiveboneattachmentandgrowthintothemicrogrooves,withtra-becularattachmentsspreadingparalleltothemicrogroovesandblendingtogethertoformcontinuousbands.
Electronmicroscopicresults1,2sug-gestthatthesesurfacescauseorientationofattachedcells,whichproducesori-entedextracellularmatrixandorientedbonemicrostructure.Thisisnotob-servedontexturedorpolishedsurfaces.Texturedsurfacesshowmoderatedirectboneattachment,whichisnotdirec-tional,andpolishedsurfacesshowlittledirectboneattachmentandmostlyfi-brousencapsulation.
Crestalbonelossaroundendostealimplantsisacommonphenomenon.Riccietal3reported2.17?1.6mmofcrestalbonelossat5yearspostoperativeandZechneretal4reported2.4?0.23mmoflossat3to7years.Evenasearlyas1yearpostoperative,Abboudetal5reportedupto1.21mmofcrestalbonelossandBryantandZarb6reported1.4mmloss.Tayloretal7andDeLeonardisetal,8usinganimplantwithasimilarscrewthreadandscrewsurfaceastheimplantusedinthisexperimentalstudyfound1.23mmand?1mmofboneloss,respectively.
Theclinicalquestionaddressedbythestudydescribedhereisasfollows:Willthelasermicrotexturingsurfacetreatmentoftheimplantcollarreducecrestalbonelossandestablishastablesoft-tissuesealwithnoincreaseinin-flammationmeasuressuchasbleedingandplaqueindex?
2mmwidecollar.Thebodyoftheimplanthasbeenroughenedbyblast-ingwitharesorbableblastmedia.TheSilhouettewithlasermicrotexturingsurfacetreatmenthasthesamebodydesignandscrewareasurfacetreat-mentasthecontrol,buthasalasermicromachinedcollar.Thisimplant,showninFigure1,hasa2mmwidecollarthathasbeenlasermicromach-inedinthelower1.5mm.Thelower,0.8mm(bonecontacting)region,hasbeenlasergroovedwith12?mwideby10?mdeepgroovesthathavebeenpreviouslyshowninpreclinicalstud-iestooptimizethesurfaceforboneattachment.1,2Thenext0.7mmofthecollarhasbeenlasergroovedwith8?mwideby5?mdeepgroovesthathavebeenpreviouslyshowntoopti-mizethesurfaceforconnectivetissueattachment.Theupper0.5mmofthe
collar,asmachined,encouragesepi-thelialtissuecolonization.
BaselineDemographicData
ClinicaltestinghasbeenperformedbythegroupforimplantresearchinItaly.The2implantsarecomparedagainsteachotherandwithhistoricalcontrolsprevi-ouslypublishedontheBio-LokMicro-Lokimplantsystem.8,9Eachpatientreceived2singletoothimplants,withandwithoutlasersurfacetreatment(LLvscontrolimplant).Allimplantswerere-storedat4monthspostoperative.Thestudywasperformedwith5investigatorsandatotalof15patientswhoreceived20setsofimplants.Thepatientsin-cluded6menand9womenranginginagefrom42to69yearsoldwithameanageof55.8years.Amongthe20implantpairs,8wereintheman-dibleand12wereinthe
maxilla.
Fig.1.Positioningofthelasermicrotexuredcollarin
bone.
MATERIALS
AND
METHODS
ThisstudyevaluatestheSilhou-etteDentalImplant(Laser-Lok(LL),Bio-LokInternational,DeerfieldBeach,FL)withlasermicrotexturingsurfacetreatmentoftheimplantcollar(LL)versusacontroltaperedimplantwithastandardmachinedcollar(con-trolimplant).Thecontrolimplantusedinthisstudyisataperedimplantwithareversebuttressthreaddesignanda
Fig.2.Atimplantplacementand25monthspostoperative,44year,male.ControlandSilhouettewithLaser-Loksurfacetreatment(LL).
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Eachpatientsignedaconsentformindicatingtheexperimentalnatureofthedevices,thepurposeofthestudy,theirrights,andtheirobligations.
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AcomparisonbetweenmeanswasdoneusingttestsforallmeasurementsandtheresultingPvalueswererecorded.
Effectivenessendpoints.Thepri-maryeffectivenessendpointsareprobingdepth(theaverageof4measurementstakenatthemesial,buccal,distal,andlin-gualsurfacesoftheimplant)andcrestalboneloss(averageofthe2radiographicmeasurementstakenatthemesialanddis-tallocationsoftheimplant).
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