Early trabecular bone healing around titanium implants: A histologic study in rabbits
Early trabecular bone healing around titanium implants: A histologic study in rabbits
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DOI:
10.1902/jop.2007.060183
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发表时间:
2007-03-01
影响因子:
4.3
通讯作者:
Duyck, Joke
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作者:
Slaets, Elke;Carmeliet, Geert;Duyck, Joke
Background: A detailed insight into the early healing response of trabecular bone to unloaded titanium implants is lacking.Methods: Cylindrical implants were inserted in the tibial epiphysis of rabbits and left to heal for I to 42 days. Samples were processed into paraffin or methylmethacrylate sections and histomorphometrically analyzed.Results: A hematoma was observed after I and 3 days of implant placement. In addition, small fragments of bone trabeculae were detected around the implant as a result of the implant installment procedure. Soon, osteoclasts were observed resorbing these fragments, whereas osteoblasts incorporated them in strands of new bone, thereby making them difficult to distinguish from day 7 onward. At that time, osteoblasts were detected at the edges of the preexisting bone, actively depositing new bone, resulting in maximal osteoid deposition around the implant after 28 days (58%). After 7 days of healing, the presence of basic remodeling units in the surrounding bone was already maximal (P < 0.05 versus t = 1 and 3 days). This remodeling activity, together with the new bone formation, provided a firm anchoring of the implant in the trabecular bone.Conclusions: This study evaluated the early cellular events in trabecular bone surrounding titanium implants. The insertion of an implant into bone initiates a series of biologic processes, including the formation of a hematoma, shattered bone fragments adjacent to the implantation site, intensive bone remodeling, and the formation of new bone, eventually leading to the osseointegration of the implant.