2023 Volume 36 Issue 4 Pages 218-223
Evaluation of peri-implant hard tissues is an important issue affecting the success or failure of treatment during all stages, from treatment planning to follow-up. The main methods of hard tissue evaluation in clinical practice are radiographic diagnosis, implantation torque measurement, and resonance frequency analysis, and have already been proven to be effective methods in many basic and clinical research studies. To achieve a higher success rate in treatment, it is necessary to understand the bony changes in the peri-implant bone that cannot be evaluated using these methods. This article focuses mainly on the intra-osseous changes caused by differences among implantation techniques and by loading.
We believe that the accumulation of research data will lead to the development of a hard tissue evaluation method that enables preoperative evaluation of appropriate implantation technique, appropriate loading timing, and prediction of surrounding bone resorption in each case, in addition to ongoing evaluation criteria for avoiding anatomical risk and for implant placement at the appropriate site.
