Everybody loves an immediate loading of implants.
We just love to make tooth in an hour and so.
All the research on imediate loading suggest a great future.
So how do we call an implant to be successful?
Depends on
1. Bone quality
2. Surgeons' skill
3. Surgical technique
4. Implant geometry
5. Implant site preparation
But of all the above, bone quality seems to play a major role.
So how do we assess the stability of the implant?
1. Using hand instruments - Primitive and not accepted
2. Perio Test - Accepted but still controversial
3. RFA - Most accepted way of measuring stability
RFA is nothing but Resonance Frequency Analyzer which provides values in ISQ from 0-100
A good stable implant should have an ISQ value 50-75
One major advantage of RFAs is that they can exactly reproduce the results.
Two Companies offer RFA ( acc to me)
1. Osstell
2. Implomate
If you do more, please temme!
I remember a study which concluded Implomate to be a better bet than Osstell.
But Osstell has real good RFAs which doesn even come in contact with the Implant surface!
Heres an article from PERIO journal exclusively for Perio Craze members!
Authored by Ana Vargas Solana, it just reviews RFA and its usage!
