Delicacy in the drilling sequence

DRILLING SEQUENCE

Primary stability

Influence on early osseointegration of dental implants insalled with a two different drilling protocols: a histomorphometric study in rabit.

The ISQ values were statistically significant different between groups at day 0 (control: (control: 69.65; test 64,81); and after two weeks (control: 77.93; test:74) However, after 4 and 8 weeks the results were similar.

Blando, Juan; Álvarez et al.
Clinical Oral Implant Research. 22, 2011; 92·99

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The mean ISQ value for 3.75 and 4.25 mm diameter implants was 78.4 ± 5.46 y 80.83 ± 5.35 respectively, at the time of the implant placement; and 76.68 ± 4.34 y 78.22 ± 6.87 respectively at the second surgical stage.

Predictability of the resonance frequency analysis in the survival of dental implants placed in the anterior non-atrophied edentulous mandible.

Monje, Florencio et al.
Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal. 2011 Aug 1, 16 (5); e664·9