Abstracts


Bone resorption around fixtures in edentulous patients treated with mandibular fixed tissue-integrated prostheses
Lars W. Lindquist, D.D.S. , Birger Rockler, D.D.S. , and Gunnar E. Carlsson, D.D.S. , Odont. Dr. University of Goteborg, Faculty of Odontology, Goteborg, Sweden (JPD 59-63, 1988)


   Bone loss around osseointegrated titanium fixtures supporting mandibular fixed prostheses has been measured means of stereoscopic intraoral radiography. Forty-six patients treated with the osseointegration implant method according to Branemark have been followed for an observation period of up to 6 years. The bone loss was small, approximately 0.5 mm during the first postsurgical year and thereafter 0.06 to 0.08 mm annually. Poor oral hygiene and clenching of teeth significantly bone loss. More bone was lost around the medial fixtures than around the more posterior ones.