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Soft tissue response to clinically contaminated and thereafter cleaned titanium surfaces. An experimental study in
I Ericsson1, U Lekholm, L Sennerby
1Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, Faculty of Odontology, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden.
Clinical Oral Implants Research
|February 13, 2001
Abstract:
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the soft tissue response to intra-orally exposed and contaminated titanium surfaces (machined, blasted or polished) after being chemically and/or mechanically cleaned. Eight adult Sprague-Dawley rats were used for histomorphometrical and histological analyses. A total of 44 experimental abutments (26 tests and 18 controls) were inserted into abdominal skinpockets of the rats for 6 weeks. No differences regarding the soft tissue response between the different surface characteristics analysed and between test and control could be observed.