BACKGROUND: The immediate loading technique requires a high primary stability. Resonance frequency analysis (RFA) has been proposed to assess this stability with a quantitative method. PURPOSE: The aim of the present study was to evaluate if a good primary stability could be achieved in sites that had undergone a sinus augmentation procedure and also to evaluate the importance of different clinical factors in the determination of resonance frequency values at implant insertion. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In 14 patients, 80 implants were inserted. Sixty-three implants were inserted in a site previously treated with a sinus augmentation procedure, while 17 implants were inserted in healed or postextraction sites. For each implant, diameter, length, bone density, insertion torque, RFA value, and percentage of implant fixed to a nongrafted bone were recorded. RESULTS: Grafted sites showed high RFA values. A statistically significant positive correlation was found between resonance frequency values and implant diameter (p=0.007), implant length (p=0.02), diameter of the last bur used (p=0.01). No statistically significant correlation between RFA values and all the other variables considered was found. CONCLUSIONS: Sites treated with sinus augmentation procedures can offer good primary stability after 6 months of healing. The length and diameter of the implants, together with the geometry of the implant used, are important to obtain high RFA values.
Evaluation of factors influencing resonance frequency analysis values, at insertion surgery, of implants placed in sinus-augmented and nongrafted sites
CARINCI, Francesco
2007
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The immediate loading technique requires a high primary stability. Resonance frequency analysis (RFA) has been proposed to assess this stability with a quantitative method. PURPOSE: The aim of the present study was to evaluate if a good primary stability could be achieved in sites that had undergone a sinus augmentation procedure and also to evaluate the importance of different clinical factors in the determination of resonance frequency values at implant insertion. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In 14 patients, 80 implants were inserted. Sixty-three implants were inserted in a site previously treated with a sinus augmentation procedure, while 17 implants were inserted in healed or postextraction sites. For each implant, diameter, length, bone density, insertion torque, RFA value, and percentage of implant fixed to a nongrafted bone were recorded. RESULTS: Grafted sites showed high RFA values. A statistically significant positive correlation was found between resonance frequency values and implant diameter (p=0.007), implant length (p=0.02), diameter of the last bur used (p=0.01). No statistically significant correlation between RFA values and all the other variables considered was found. CONCLUSIONS: Sites treated with sinus augmentation procedures can offer good primary stability after 6 months of healing. The length and diameter of the implants, together with the geometry of the implant used, are important to obtain high RFA values.I documenti in SFERA sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
