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SUBMITTER: Wang L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5384489 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang L L Wu Y Y Perez K C KC Hyman S S Brunski J B JB Tulu U U Bao C C Salmon B B Helms J A JA
Journal of dental research 20170103 4
Bone condensation is thought to densify interfacial bone and thus improve implant primary stability, but scant data substantiate either claim. We developed a murine oral implant model to test these hypotheses. Osteotomies were created in healed maxillary extraction sites 1) by drilling or 2) by drilling followed by stepwise condensation with tapered osteotomes. Condensation increased interfacial bone density, as measured by a significant change in bone volume/total volume and trabecular spacing, ...[more]