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Volume 8 Issue 5 (May, 2020)

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Bone markers in peri- implant crevicular fluid of immediate loaded and non -loaded dental implants- A clinical study
Vikas Sharma, Shruti Dutta

Background: The present study was conducted to assess bone markers level in peri-implant crevicular fluid of immediately loaded and non-loaded dental implants. Materials & Methods: The present study was carried on 50 patients who were divided into 2 groups of 25 each. Group I received immediate loaded dental implants and group II received non-loaded dental implants. Modified bleeding on probing index was assessed in both groups at 1 month, 2 months, 3 months and 4 months interval. TGF-α and OCN levels were assessed. Results: The mean age in group I was 54.2± 4.6 years and 55.4± 5.1 in group II. Group I had 13 males and 12 females, while group II had 15 males and 10 females. The mean peri-implant sulcus depth at 1 month was 3.6± 0.5 and 3.4± 0.4 in group I and group II. At 2th month it was 2.6± 0.4 in group I and 2.5± 0.3 in group II. At 3rd month, it became 2.5± 0.2 and 2.8± 0.1 in group I and group II respectively. While in 4th month, it decreased to 2.1± 0.1 in group I and 2.5± 0.1 in group II. The difference was significant (P< 0.05). TGF- α level at 7th day in group I (10 pg/mL) and group II (6 pg/mL) was non- significant (P> 0.05). It was 76, 46, 34, 26 and 22 in group I and 10, 14, 65, 72 and 40 in group II at 15, 30, 60, 90 and 120 days respectively. The level of OCN was 10, 35, 42, 92, 105 and 80 in group I and 6, 9, 15, 136, 124 and 120 in group II at 7, 15, 30, 60, 90 and 120 days respectively. The difference was significant (P< 0.05). Conclusion: Authors found that bone markers such as TNF- α and OCN were elevated in group I as compared to group II. Key words: Bone markers, dental implants, TNF

 
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