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The influence of functional use of endosseous dental implants on the tissue-implant interface. I. Histological aspects

J. B. Brunski, A. F. Moccia Jr, S. R. Pollack, E. Korostoff and D. I. Trachtenberg

The tissue-implant interfaces of functional and non-functional endosseous dental implants were compared histologically for up to one year post-operatively. Nonmineralized connective tissue zones (a "fibrous capsule") existed in all functional interfaces. Direct, or nearly direct, bone apposition to implants occurred in non-functional interfaces. The origin of this result and its significance in dental implantology is discussed.

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