Experimental study of osseointegrated dental implants placed into fresh extraction sockets in dogs]

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the better way in treating bone defects around implants. METHODS: 12 mongrel dogs, pure titanium implants were immediately inserted in the mesial roots of the second, third and fourth mandibular premolar sockets. The defects around implants were separately filled with demineralized freeze-dried bone allograft (DFDBA), demineralized freeze-dried allocancellous in combination with bBMP (bBMP compound bone) and nothing. RESULTS: Histologic observation showed that bone defects around implants were substituted by new bone in DFDBA group at 12 weeks and in bBMP compound bone group at 8 weeks, and also the osseointegration were obtained between implants and bone, but bone defects were only filled about 3/5 in no graft group at 12 weeks. CONCLUSION: Immediate implants could obtain good osseointegration if the defects around implants were treated properly and the right technique was used, and also the use of bBMP compound bone could promote obviously bone formation in defects around implants.