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ArticleJournal of functional biomaterials2023

Electron Microscopy (EM) Analysis of Collagen Fibers in the Peri-Implant Soft Tissues around Two Different Abutments.

Ugo Covani, Enrica Giammarinaro, Natalia Di Pietro, Simona Boncompagni, Giorgia Rastelli, Tea Romasco, Eugenio Velasco-Ortega, Alvaro Jimenez-Guerra, Giovanna Iezzi, Adriano Piattelli and 1 more

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Article in Journal of functional biomaterials, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Ugo CovaniDepartment of Stomatology, Tuscan Dental Institute, 55041 Lido di Camaiore, Italy.
Enrica GiammarinaroDepartment of Stomatology, Tuscan Dental Institute, 55041 Lido di Camaiore, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8398-8525
Natalia Di PietroDepartment of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, "G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9720-2116
Simona BoncompagniCenter for Advanced Studies and Technology-CAST, "G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5308-5069
Giorgia RastelliCenter for Advanced Studies and Technology-CAST, "G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy.
Tea RomascoDepartment of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, "G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4868-3838
Eugenio Velasco-OrtegaDepartment of Stomatology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Seville, 41013 Seville, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-0228-484X
Alvaro Jimenez-GuerraDepartment of Stomatology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Seville, 41013 Seville, Spain.
Giovanna IezziDepartment of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, "G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy.
Adriano PiattelliSchool of Dentistry, Saint Camillus International University of Health and Medical Sciences, 00131 Rome, Italy.
Simone MarconciniDepartment of Stomatology, Tuscan Dental Institute, 55041 Lido di Camaiore, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7029-138X
University of Chieti-Pescara · ITUniversidad de Sevilla · ESSaint Camillus International University of Health and Medical Sciences · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The design of the implant prosthesis-abutment complex appears crucial for shaping healthy and stable peri-implant soft tissues. The aim of the present animal study was to compare two implants with different healing abutment geometries: a concave design (TEST) and a straight one (CTRL). Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) was used to quantify the three-dimensional topography and morphological properties of collagen at nanoscale resolution. 2 swine were included in the experiment and 6 implants per animal were randomly placed in the left or right hemimandible in either the physiologically mature bone present between the lower canine and first premolar or in the mandibular premolar area, within tooth extraction sites. Each CTRL implant was positioned across from its respective TEST implant on the other side of the jaw. After 12 weeks of healing, 8 specimens (4 CTRL and 4 TEST) were retrieved and prepared for histological and TEM analysis. The results showed a significantly higher percentage of area covered by collagen bundles and average bundle size in TEST implants, as well as a significant decrease in the number of longitudinally oriented bundles with respect to CTRL implants, which is potentially due to the larger size of TEST bundles. These data suggest that a concave transmucosal abutment design serves as a scaffold, favoring the deposition and growth of a well-organized peri-implant collagen structure over the implant platform in the early healing phase, also promoting the convergence of collagen fibers toward the abutment collar.

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collagen fibersconcave abutmenthealing abutmentperi-implant soft tissuesswineultrastructural analysis

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