Prosthetic and Mechanical Parameters of the Facial Bone Under the Load of Different Dental Implant Shapes: a Parametric Study
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Article Prosthetic and Mechanical Parameters of the Facial Bone under the Load of Different Dental Implant Shapes: A Parametric Study Marco Cicciù 1 , Gabriele Cervino 1 , Antonella Terranova 1, Giacomo Risitano 2 , Marcello Raffaele 2 , Filippo Cucinotta 2 , Dario Santonocito 2 and Luca Fiorillo 1,3,* 1 Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences, Morphological and Functional Images, University of Messina, Policlinico G. Martino, Via Consolare Valeria, 98100 Messina, Italy; [email protected] (M.C.); [email protected] (G.C.); [email protected] (A.T.) 2 Department of Engineering, Messina University, 98100 Messina, Italy; [email protected] (G.R.); marcello.raff[email protected] (M.R.); fi[email protected] (F.C.); [email protected] (D.S.) 3 Multidisciplinary Department of Medical-Surgical and Dental Specialties, Second University of Naples, 80141 Naples, Italy * Correspondence: lucafi[email protected]; Tel.: +39-090-2216920 Received: 26 October 2019; Accepted: 12 November 2019; Published: 14 November 2019 Abstract: In recent years the science of dental materials and implantology have taken many steps forward. In particular, it has tended to optimize the implant design, the implant surface, or the connection between implant and abutment. All these features have been improved or modified to obtain a better response from the body, better biomechanics, increased bone implant contact surface, and better immunological response. The purpose of this article, carried out by a multidisciplinary team, is to evaluate and understand, through the use also of bioengineering tests, the biomechanical aspects, and those induced on the patient’s tissues, by dental implants. A comparative analysis on different dental implants of the same manufacturer was carried out to evaluate biomechanical and molecular features. Von Mises analysis has given results regarding the biomechanical behavior of these implants and above all the repercussions on the patient’s tissues. Knowing and understanding the biomechanical characteristics with studies of this type could help improve their characteristics in order to have more predictable oral rehabilitations. Keywords: dental implants; osseointegrated implants; dental prosthesis design; biomechanical phenomena; dental occlusion; osseointegration; wound healing; immunological; bone tissue; finite element analysis 1. Introduction The dental implant (also known as endosseous implant) is a surgical-type medical device used to functionally and aesthetically rehabilitate the loss or congenital deficiency of one or more teeth, allowing the support of a prosthetic substitute through direct bone support thanks to a biological process known as osseointegration. The long-term prognosis of dental implants can be considered reliable and predictable, as it can now be based on more than forty years of worldwide clinical experience. The data reported in the literature report variable failure rates, depending on the operating techniques and types used. The type of surface treatment also appears to involve significant differences in the implant survival data. The failures are divided according to the causes, biological, biomechanical, and aesthetic. Biological failures are divided into early and late, depending on the period in which they occur. Early failure is typically linked to a deficient initial osseointegration process following the surgical procedure, more rarely to operational errors in the procedure itself, while late failures are due Prosthesis 2019, 1, 41–53; doi:10.3390/prosthesis1010006 www.mdpi.com/journal/prosthesis Prosthesis 2019, 1 42 Prosthesis. 2019, 1, x FOR PEER REVIEW 2 of 13 to progressive infectious processes affecting the peri-implant tissues and therefore the supporting bone thatprocess surrounds following the implant the surgical (peri-implantitis) procedure, more [1–6 ].rarely Biomechanical to operational failures errors derive in the fromprocedure problems itself, due to overloadwhile late and failures functional are due trauma, to progressive which caninfectious occur processes with structural affecting failure the peri-implant at both the tissues implants and and the supportedtherefore the prosthetic supporting structures. bone that The surrounds direct implant-bone the implant connection(peri-implantitis) linked [1–6]. to the Biomechanical osseointegration processfailures leads derive to a from greater problems functional due loadto overload both on and the prostheticfunctional elementstrauma, which of the can implants occur with and on thestructural antagonist failure elements at both that the come implants into and contact the su withpported the implantprosthetic prosthetic structures. elements. 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