松质骨
生物医学工程
皮质骨
材料科学
植入
块(置换群论)
图层(电子)
骨密度
数学
复合材料
医学
解剖
外科
几何学
骨质疏松症
内分泌学
出处
期刊:International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Implants
[Quintessence Publishing]
日期:2023-11-01
摘要
In the clinical setting, assessing bone quality and quantity at the implant site is the basis to select implant characteristics and the insertion protocol to be applied. However, a quantitative method to classify bone quality and quantity is still lacking. A recently introduced implant placement micromotor that provides site-specific, operator-independent cancellous bone density measurements may be useful for this purpose, but it remains unknown whether this device can detect the presence of a cortical bone layer and measure its thickness and density.Thus, an in vitro experiment was performed on six double-layer polyurethane foam blocks mimicking the jaw bone with different cortical thickness/cancellous density combinations. The densities were measured using the micromotor, either removing the cortical layer or leaving it intact, with and without irrigation.The results collected in each condition were compared by means of non-parametric statistical tests. Independent of irrigation, the micromotor detected the cortical layer when it was left intact and accurately estimated its thickness. The micromotor did not discriminate each block from the other ones when they were considered separately, but it did when they were grouped into four or three classes.The present study suggested that the micromotor may represent a valid device to quantitatively assess bone quality and density. If the micromotor can quantitatively distinguish different cortical/cancellous bone combinations in humans, it may be a helpful tool to define finely-tuned, patient-tailored preparations of the implant seat, making teeth rehabilitation in challenging clinical conditions more predictable.
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