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Osseointegration Of Wrapped Dental Implants In Rabbits, Alex Whitehead
Osseointegration Of Wrapped Dental Implants In Rabbits, Alex Whitehead
Auctus: The Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Scholarship
Edentulous patients (those lacking teeth) require one of two approaches to augmentation: inserting a vertical bone graft, or subperiosteally anchoring a device on which an implant can be attached. Bone grafts have had unpredictable results and can undergo resorption over time, compromising implant stability and success. As of the subperiosteal approach, current materials have not proven to directly integrate with the bone, in a process termed osseointegration. Therefore, we used additive manufacturing to create a Ti6Al4V alloy surface with a specific roughness to determine if it would be osseoinductive in a challenging rabbit model over six weeks.