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Evaluation of Change in Radiographic Fractal Dimension around Dental Implants Placed with Low-Speed Drilling and
Sofía Soler-Alcaraz1, Yolanda Guerrero-Sánchez2, Mario Pérez-Sayáns3
1Department of Oral Surgery, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain.
Abstract:
Osseointegration is a process that depends on a multitude of factors, including the type of drilling, whether biological or conventional.
Objective:
Establish box-counting dimension values for radiological images in patients with implants placed with both drilling methods.
Material And Method:
The sample included 129 implants corresponding to 50 patients. A double-blind study of data collection was carried out with the subsequent analysis of the fractal dimension as a comparative value of the state of the trabecular architecture.
Results:
We found no significant differences (p ≥ 0.05) between the two study groups comparing both drilling techniques. The values for the conventional drilling technique are 0.24 ± 0.07 and for biological drilling: 0.19 ± 0.11 with a p-value of 0.767.
Conclusions:
The drilling technique does not influence the success of the procedure and the osseointegration process.
