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ArticleJournal of dental research2018

A Comparative Assessment of Implant Site Viability in Humans and Rats.

C-H Chen, X Pei, U S Tulu, M Aghvami, C-T Chen, D Gaudillière, M Arioka, M Maghazeh Moghim, O Bahat, M Kolinski and 4 more

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Article in Journal of dental research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 7 institutions in 6 countries.

C-H Chen1 Craniofacial Research Center, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University School of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
X Pei2 Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
U S Tulu2 Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
M Aghvami2 Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
C-T Chen1 Craniofacial Research Center, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University School of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
D Gaudillière2 Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
M Arioka2 Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
M Maghazeh Moghim2 Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
O Bahat7 Private practice, Beverly Hills, CA, USA.
M Kolinski8 Private practice, St. Charles, IL, USA.
T R Crosby8 Private practice, St. Charles, IL, USA.
A Felderhoff9 Private practice, Munich, Germany.
J B Brunski2 Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
J A Helms2 Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Stanford University · USSt. Charles Hospital · USBeverly Hills Cancer Center · USChang Gung University · TWKeelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital · TWMunich Business School · DESichuan University · CN

Funding

Mechanobiology at Healing Bone-Implant InterfacesR01DE024000 · NIDCR · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI BRUNSKI, JOHN BEYER, HELMS, JILL A · 2014 to 2018
$3.4M
NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE024000
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Our long-term objective is to devise methods to improve osteotomy site preparation and, in doing so, facilitate implant osseointegration. As a first step in this process, we developed a standardized oral osteotomy model in ovariectomized rats. There were 2 unique features to this model: first, the rats exhibited an osteopenic phenotype, reminiscent of the bone health that has been reported for the average dental implant patient population. Second, osteotomies were produced in healed tooth extraction sites and therefore represented the placement of most implants in patients. Commercially available drills were then used to produce osteotomies in a patient cohort and in the rat model. Molecular, cellular, and histologic analyses demonstrated a close alignment between the responses of human and rodent alveolar bone to osteotomy site preparation. Most notably in both patients and rats, all drilling tools created a zone of dead and dying osteocytes around the osteotomy. In rat tissues, which could be collected at multiple time points after osteotomy, the fate of the dead alveolar bone was followed. Over the course of a week, osteoclast activity was responsible for resorbing the necrotic bone, which in turn stimulated the deposition of a new bone matrix by osteoblasts. Collectively, these analyses support the use of an ovariectomy surgery rat model to gain insights into the response of human bone to osteotomy site preparation. The data also suggest that reducing the zone of osteocyte death will improve osteotomy site viability, leading to faster new bone formation around implants.

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Dental ImplantsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAnimalsCone-Beam Computed TomographyDental Implantation, EndosseousFemaleFemurFinite Element AnalysisHumansImplants, ExperimentalMaleMiddle AgedModels, AnimalMolarDental Implantsbonecomputer modeldrillosteogenesisosteotomyovariectomy

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PMID29202640
PMCPMC5863872
OpenAlexW2771156905

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