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Repeated removal and re-placement of healing and prosthetic abutments result in frequent injuries to the soft tissues. The purpose was to evaluate the effect of repeated removal and re-placement of laser microgrooved and smooth/machined healing and prosthetic abutments during restorative stages, and 1 year after functional loading, on proinflammatory cytokine levels around dental implants.
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Twenty-four patients each received 2 one-stage implants in a split mouth design on the same jaw. In each patient one healing and prosthetic abutments with a laser microgrooved surface (LMS group) and one healing and prosthetic abutments with smooth/machined surface (S/MS group) were used. Four months following implant placement [Baseline (BSL)], the healing abutments were disconnnected and reconnected three times to carry out the impression procedures and metal framework try-in. Four weeks later (T0), definitive prosthetic abutments were installated with screw retained crowns. Samples for immunological analyses were taken from the sulcus around each implant at BSL, T0, and 1 year after functional loading (T1). Peri-implant crevicular fluid samples were analyzed for interleukin-1beta (IL-1β), interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α levels using the ELISA kit.
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Renzo Guarnieri; Renzo Guarnieri, MD DDS
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