Bone loss at implant with titanium abutments coated by soda lime glass containing silver nanoparticles: a histological study in the dog

PLoS One. 2014 Jan 22;9(1):e86926. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086926. eCollection 2014.

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to evaluate bone loss at implants connected to abutments coated with a soda-lime glass containing silver nanoparticles, subjected to experimental peri-implantitis. Also the aging and erosion of the coating in mouth was studied. Five beagle dogs were used in the experiments. Three implants were placed in each mandible quadrant: in 2 of them, Glass/n-Ag coated abutments were connected to implant platform, 1 was covered with a Ti-mechanized abutment. Experimental peri-implantitis was induced in all implants after the submarginal placement of cotton ligatures, and three months after animals were euthanatized. Thickness and morphology of coating was studied in abutment cross-sections by SEM. Histology and histo-morphometric studies were carried on in undecalfied ground slides. After the induced peri-implantitis: 1.The abutment coating shown losing of thickness and cracking. 2. The histometry showed a significant less bone loss in the implants with glass/n-Ag coated abutments. A more symmetric cone of bone resorption was observed in the coated group. There were no significant differences in the peri-implantitis histological characteristics between both groups of implants. Within the limits of this in-vivo study, it could be affirmed that abutments coated with biocide soda-lime-glass-silver nanoparticles can reduce bone loss in experimental peri-implantitis. This achievement makes this coating a suggestive material to control peri-implantitis development and progression.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alveolar Bone Loss / etiology
  • Alveolar Bone Loss / pathology*
  • Animals
  • Calcium Compounds
  • Dental Abutments
  • Dental Implants / adverse effects*
  • Dogs
  • Glass
  • Metal Nanoparticles / adverse effects*
  • Metal Nanoparticles / chemistry
  • Oxides
  • Peri-Implantitis / physiopathology
  • Silver
  • Titanium

Substances

  • Calcium Compounds
  • Dental Implants
  • Oxides
  • Silver
  • lime
  • Titanium

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICINN) under the projects MAT2009-14542-C02-01 and MAT2012-38645. B. Cabal thanks the CSIC JAE-Doc Program for a postdoctoral contract. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.