Journal article
Cleaning potential of glycine air-flow application in an in vitro peri-implantitis model.
- Sahrmann P Clinic of Preventive Dentistry, Periodontology and Cariology, Center of Dental and Oral Medicine and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland. philipp.sahrmann@zzm.uzh.ch
- Ronay V
- Sener B
- Jung RE
- Attin T
- Schmidlin PR
- 2012-03-14
Published in:
- Clinical oral implants research. - 2013
Air Abrasion, Dental
Decontamination
Dental Implants
Equipment Contamination
Glycine
In Vitro Techniques
Peri-Implantitis
Photography
Powders
Surface Properties
English
OBJECTIVES
The study aimed to assess the accessibility of a glycine powder blasting device to implant surfaces in models imitating different peri-implantitis defects. The null hypothesis was that the device allows for complete surface decontamination in all defect types.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Eighteen implants were dip-coated and placed in resin blocks with different defect morphologies. Vertical bone angulations of 90°, 60°, 30° and 15° were chosen and the implants were treated for 10 s using an air-flow device employing glycine powder. Once removed, photographs from the implants were taken in three directions: perpendicularly (90°) to the implant axis and with an angulation of 60° and 120°, the latter ones to assess the coronal and apical thread areas. The area with residual color represented areas, which were not accessible to the powder. This area was planimetrically assessed. Medians and inter-quartile ranges (IQR) of the percentage of uncleaned surfaces were calculated and nonparametric paired and unpaired statistical analyses were performed.
RESULTS
The median percentages (IQR in brackets) of uncleaned areas in the 90°, 60°, 30° and 15° defects were of 3%(A) (6), 8%(A) (4), 24%(B) (8), and 51%(C) (13), respectively (different superscript capital letters represent statistically significant differences; P < 0.0001). The upper aspects of the threads (coronal faces) were significantly better cleaned than the lower ones (P < 0.001). This finding was more pronounced in narrower defects.
CONCLUSION
Although a complete surface decontamination could not be performed in any of the defects, the biggest part of the surface could be cleaned in the larger defects. Especially in narrow defects and under the threads, residually stained areas remain on the implant surfaces.
The study aimed to assess the accessibility of a glycine powder blasting device to implant surfaces in models imitating different peri-implantitis defects. The null hypothesis was that the device allows for complete surface decontamination in all defect types.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Eighteen implants were dip-coated and placed in resin blocks with different defect morphologies. Vertical bone angulations of 90°, 60°, 30° and 15° were chosen and the implants were treated for 10 s using an air-flow device employing glycine powder. Once removed, photographs from the implants were taken in three directions: perpendicularly (90°) to the implant axis and with an angulation of 60° and 120°, the latter ones to assess the coronal and apical thread areas. The area with residual color represented areas, which were not accessible to the powder. This area was planimetrically assessed. Medians and inter-quartile ranges (IQR) of the percentage of uncleaned surfaces were calculated and nonparametric paired and unpaired statistical analyses were performed.
RESULTS
The median percentages (IQR in brackets) of uncleaned areas in the 90°, 60°, 30° and 15° defects were of 3%(A) (6), 8%(A) (4), 24%(B) (8), and 51%(C) (13), respectively (different superscript capital letters represent statistically significant differences; P < 0.0001). The upper aspects of the threads (coronal faces) were significantly better cleaned than the lower ones (P < 0.001). This finding was more pronounced in narrower defects.
CONCLUSION
Although a complete surface decontamination could not be performed in any of the defects, the biggest part of the surface could be cleaned in the larger defects. Especially in narrow defects and under the threads, residually stained areas remain on the implant surfaces.
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- English
- Open access status
- closed
- Identifiers
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- DOI 10.1111/j.1600-0501.2012.02445.x
- PMID 22409152
- Persistent URL
- https://folia.unifr.ch/global/documents/215590
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