Bone Morphology Associated with Biologic Width Among Various Dental Implant Designs

AO General Session, Toronto, Canada, March 2001

Authors
Hirayama, M.
Wang, M.Y. 

Abstract
The design of a dental implant can affect the clinical results of implant treatment. While all designs can achieve a certain level of success, there are specific engineering designs that do not experience the same problems and issues as others. Three problems commonly cited with dental implants are: (1) bone integration levels (2) biological width surrounding implants and (3) the complexity of restorative components. This study compares different implant systems in their bony architectures through various surgical stages. Different implant designs affect the bony morphology differently. These differences can lead to differences in integration strength and the biological width. We found that, in general, one-stage implants and one fin-type implant preserve bone better than the two-stage screw-type implants. A comparison of several dental implant designs and their clinical results is presented here.