Mandibular growth following implant restoration: does Wolff's law apply to residual ridge resorption?

摘要: This study measured bone height under a fixed detachable cantilever restoration supported by five or six endosseous implants in 60 consecutively treated patients. Panoramic films were made at surgery and 1, 2, 3, 4 years postrestoration. A computer-enhanced method was used to measure mandibular 5, 10, 15, 20 mm distal the last implant, which as length. standard correct for variation film magnification. Implant resulted significant growth of mandible (baseline: 7.25 +/- 0.25 mm, years: 8.18 0.18 mm; P = .05). The dimension appears occur during first year function.