Abstract

“Osseointegration” as formulated by Alberktson is crucial for implant survival and success. Osseointegration is a measure of implant stability. Measuring implant stability helps to arrive at decisions as to loading of an implant, allows choice of protocol on a patient to patient basis and provides better case documentation. A successful implant reflects good bone to implant contact and is determined by implant stability both primary and secondary. Implant stability is achieved at two different stages – primary (immediately after implant placement) and secondary (3-4 months after implant placement). Implant stability has been confirmed to affect the process of osseointegration and therefore is essential to understand the methods to measure implant stability and factors influencing. Various methods are developed to assess implant stability which suggests the prognosis of an implant.

Details

Title
Methods to measure implant stability
Author
Kastala, Vidya 1 

 Department of Periodontics, Dr. Syamala Reddy Dental College Hospital and Research Centre, Bengaluru, Karnataka 
Pages
3-8
Publication year
2018
Publication date
Jan/Jun 2018
Publisher
Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd.
ISSN
09746781
e-ISSN
09747850
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2079967470
Copyright
© 2018. This work is published under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.