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Authors Elschner, C. ; Korn, P. ; Schulz, M. C. ; Jünger, D. ; Range, U. ; Scheler, U.
Title Osseointegration of dental PEEK implants: A combined magnetic resonance imaging and histology study
Date 21.11.2014
Number 44764
Abstract Post-mortem histology serves as the gold standard for analysing new bone formation around dental implants. However, histomorphometry is a<br />time-consuming and destructive technique, limiting the analysis to around five histological sections per implant. As a non-invasive and nonionising<br />method magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provides great soft tissue contrast which allows the visualization and differentiation of<br />newly formed bone tissue at the beginning of the mineralization process, where an appropriate detection with X-ray based techniques is not yet<br />possible. Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) is a promising alternative biomaterial being used for implants since the late 1990s [1]. The advantages of<br />the material are the chemical inertness, wear resistance, a low elastic modulus close to that of bone preventing stress shielding and the<br />compatibility to medical imaging, because it does not give rise to the typical artefacts seen in MRI and CT from metallic implants.
Publisher BioNanoMaterials
Wikidata
Citation BioNanoMaterials 15 (2014) S204, P134
DOI https://doi.org/10.1515/bnm-2014-9019
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