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Quintessence International

Edited by Eli Eliav

ISSN 0033-6572 (print) • ISSN 1936-7163 (online)

Publication:
June 2010
Volume 41 , Issue 6

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Split-Crest And Immediate Implant Placement With Ultrasonic Bone Surgery (Piezosurgery): 3-Year Follow-Up Of 180 Treated Implant Sites

Cornelio Blus, MD, DDS/Serge Szmukler-Moncler, DDS, PhD/Iole Vozza, DDS, PhD/Lorena Rispoli, DDS, PhD/Carolina Polastri, DDS

Pages: 463–469
PMID: 20490388

Objective: To report and evaluate ultrasonic bone surgery (USBS), also known as piezosurgery, in split-crest procedures with immediate implant placement at 3 years of follow-up. Method and Materials: Sixty-one split-crest procedures were performed, and 180 implants were placed in 43 patients. Initial ridge width varied between 1.5 and 5.0 mm (mean 3.3 ± 0.7 mm). Bone density was type I (11.1%), type II (27.8%), type III (28.9%), and type IV (32.2%). The USBS device worked with a 20 to 32 kHz vibrating frequency and 90 W peak power. Results: Mean split length was 14.8 ± 10.8 mm; mean final ridge width was 6.0 ± 0.4 mm. At second-stage surgery, five of 180 implants failed to osseointegrate (2.8%), all in the maxilla. Also at second-stage surgery, the success rate of the implants placed simultaneously to the split crest performed with USBS was 97.2% overall, 95.1% in the maxilla and 100% in the mandible. No loaded implant failed during the 3-year follow-up; respective success rates were unchanged. Conclusions: USBS is predictable to perform split-crest procedures, without risk of bone thermonecrosis; it decreases the risk of soft tissue alteration. Bone-cutting efficiency was satisfactory with the present USBS device because of its elevated ultrasonic vibrating power, especially in soft type IV bone. (Quintessence Int 2010;41:463–469)

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