Impact of different implant surfaces topographies on peri-implant tissues: an update of current available data on dental implants retrieved from human jaws.

This article also highlighted that most data in humans are difficult to interpret, due to the lack of detailed information about the surfaces found in retrieved implants. Without the definition of the surface characteristics, it is difficult to link exactly surface patterns to specific clinical observations, and all observations remain de facto incomplete. As a conclusion, data from implants retrieved from human jaws are very important for our understanding, but the studies remain scarce and data is fragmentary. This important approach should be improved, completed and developed in the future. PMID: 28003002 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology - Category: Biotechnology Authors: Tags: Curr Pharm Biotechnol Source Type: research