TY - JOUR
T1 - Epithelial sealing effectiveness against titanium or zirconia implants surface
AU - Atsuta, Ikiru
AU - Ayukawa, Yasunori
AU - Furuhashi, Akihiro
AU - Narimatsu, Ikue
AU - Kondo, Ryosuke
AU - Oshiro, Wakana
AU - Koyano, Kiyoshi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - The aims of implant treatment now involve not only restoration of mastication function, but also recovery of esthetics. Currently, zirconia is widely used as an esthetic material for implant abutment. Therefore, it is very important to understand the efficacy of zirconia for epithelial sealing as an implant material. We compared the effects of materials on the sealing of the peri-implant epithelium (PIE) to titanium (Ti) or zirconia (Zr) implants, for application to clinical work. Maxillary first molars were extracted from rats and replaced with Ti or Zr implants. The sealing of the PIE to the implants was evaluated with immunohistochemistry observation and HRP analysis. The morphological and functional changes in rat oral epithelial cells (OECs) cultured on Ti or Zr plates were also evaluated. After 4 weeks, the PIE on the Ti and Zr implants showed similar structures. The Zr implants appeared to form a weak epithelial seal at the tissue–implant interface, and exhibited markedly less adhesive structures than the Ti implants under electron microscopic observation. In the in vitro experiments, decreased expression levels of adhesion proteins were observed in OECs cultured on Zr plates compared with those cultured on Ti plates. In addition, the cell adherence on Zr plates was reduced, while the cell migration was low on Ti plates. Zr is a better choice for an esthetic implant material, but needs further improvement for integration with the epithelial wound healing process around a dental implant.
AB - The aims of implant treatment now involve not only restoration of mastication function, but also recovery of esthetics. Currently, zirconia is widely used as an esthetic material for implant abutment. Therefore, it is very important to understand the efficacy of zirconia for epithelial sealing as an implant material. We compared the effects of materials on the sealing of the peri-implant epithelium (PIE) to titanium (Ti) or zirconia (Zr) implants, for application to clinical work. Maxillary first molars were extracted from rats and replaced with Ti or Zr implants. The sealing of the PIE to the implants was evaluated with immunohistochemistry observation and HRP analysis. The morphological and functional changes in rat oral epithelial cells (OECs) cultured on Ti or Zr plates were also evaluated. After 4 weeks, the PIE on the Ti and Zr implants showed similar structures. The Zr implants appeared to form a weak epithelial seal at the tissue–implant interface, and exhibited markedly less adhesive structures than the Ti implants under electron microscopic observation. In the in vitro experiments, decreased expression levels of adhesion proteins were observed in OECs cultured on Zr plates compared with those cultured on Ti plates. In addition, the cell adherence on Zr plates was reduced, while the cell migration was low on Ti plates. Zr is a better choice for an esthetic implant material, but needs further improvement for integration with the epithelial wound healing process around a dental implant.
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U2 - 10.1002/jbm.a.36651
DO - 10.1002/jbm.a.36651
M3 - Article
C2 - 30724473
AN - SCOPUS:85063271293
SN - 1549-3296
JO - Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A
JF - Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A
ER -