Straumann Scientific Highlights No. 4/2021
In this issue of the Straumann “Scientific Highlights” newsletter, we would like to draw your attention to important research articles published in May and June 2021.
Editor’s choice:
Helena Francisco et al.: Peri-implant bone preservation of a novel, self-cutting, and fully tapered implant in the healed crestal ridge of minipigs: submerged vs. transgingival healing. Published in the Clinical Oral Investigations, 2021 May 5.
This month’s Editor’s Choice is the article by Helena Francisco et al., which assessed the influence of transgingival healing compared with submerged healing on the peri-implant bone maintenance around a novel, fully tapered implant (Straumann® BLX, Roxolid® SLActive®, Ø 3.75 × 8 mm) in a healed crestal ridge in minipigs. It was seen that the loaded and unloaded implants displayed comparable levels of osseointegration and equivalent marginal bone levels. This qualifies the implant placement protocol with respect to the osteotomy dimensions and subcrestal placement protocol for immediate loading.
To the Scientific Highlights No. 4/2021: