Evaluation of implants stability with different surface treatments: randomized controlled clinical trial

Surface treatments has allowed the loading of the implants at an early period with respect to it was recommended initially by Branemark. This study consisted of a blinded random clinical trial. It were evaluated, clinically, the stability immediate after the surgery and its evolution over the period of eight weeks in implants with the same geometry, diameter and length in two groups: dual acid etching surface (group control) and anodized surface (test group). The groups were evaluated for: insertion torque, initial stability, its evolution in the eight week period and the influence of bone type on the stability of the groups studied. 59 implants were placed in the maxilla. The sites for placement of the implants were randomly divided. At the end of the surgical procedure, it were measured insertion torque and implant stability using resonance frequency analysis (RFA), with Osstell. RFA was also measured in the eight weeks following the implant installation. Seven implants did not meet the inclusion criteria for obtaining the Implant Stability Quotient (ISQ), 3 implants, in the control group, and 2, in the test group, showed insertion torque lower than 20 Ncm and one in each group needed guided tissue regeneration which did not allow ISQ measurement. Of the total, 4 implants showed spin within eight weeks, and they were removed. The control group had insertion torque of 45.5 ± 18.5 Ncm and initial ISQ of 71.6 ± 5.5 and the test group had insertion torque of 44.8 Ncm ± 20.9 and initial ISQ of 69.8 ± 9.8, which was statistically similar. This similarity in the behavior between groups was maintained throughout the whole period of evaluationThe control group reached, in the end of eight weeks, the mean ISQ of 70.8 ± 6.7 and test reached 69.7 ± 6.0. The statistical analysis demonstrated that there was no interaction between the factors: "group" and "week"; however, the factor "week" indicated that there was statistically significant variation over time (p = 0.003). Independent of the type of implant used, the ISQ at first week was statistically lower than everyone else. The insertion torque and the resonance frequency analysis showed a significant linear relationship between them (r = 0.409, p <0.003). The mean ISQ, immediately after surgery, and insertion torque for bone type II were significantly higher than the averages for the bone type IV. We can conclude that the groups were similar in regard to stability measured, by the insertion torque and the initial resonance frequency analysis. Equivalence that is present throughout the eight week period of evaluation. The study also showed that depending on variation in the type of bone could lead variations in the implant stability.