The effect of cigarette smoking on early osseointegration of dental implants: a prospective controlled study

• Published in: Clinical oral implants research Vol. 27; no. 9; pp. 1123 - 1128
• Main Authors: Bezerra Ferreira, José Divino, Rodrigues, Jose Augusto, Piattelli, Adriano, Iezzi, Giovanna, Gehrke, Sergio Alexandre, Shibli, Jamil Awad
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Denmark Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.2016
• Subjects: Alveolar Process - drug effects; Alveolar Process - pathology; Bone Density; Dental Implantation, Endosseous; dental implants; Female; human histology; Humans; Implant surface topography; Male; Middle Aged; osseointegration; Osseointegration - drug effects; Prospective Studies; smoking; Smoking - adverse effects; wound healing; wound healing; Implant surface topography; human histology; osseointegration; dental implants; smoking

Objective This study evaluated the effect of cigarette smoking on the percentage of early bone‐to‐implant contact (BIC%), the bone density in the threaded area (BA%) as well as the bone density outside the threaded area (BD%) around micro‐implants with sandblasted acid‐etched surface retrieved from...