Evaluation of the stabilities of dental implants installed by osseodensification and osseocondensation methods

Introduction and Purpose: The success of dental implant treatment depends on the formation of a tight connection between the implant and the bone, called "osseointegration". Implant stability is accepted as a clinical indicator of osseointegration. In current implant applications, implants are placed by various methods such as traditional method, bone densification and bone condensation. The aim of this study is to compare the stability values of implants placed with three different methods during the treatment process. The null hypothesis is that bone densification and bone condensation methods will have positive effects on implant stability. Material and Method: This study was performed with 60 implants applied to 30 patients (15 females and 15 males). The patients included in the study were randomly divided into 3 groups of 10 patients. In the first group, the traditional method and the condensation method, in the second group the traditional method and the condensation method, in the third group the stability values between the densification method and condensation methods were compared. ISQ values were measured and recorded at the end of the operation day, 4th week, 8th week and 12th week. The Kruskal Wallis test was used to compare data that were not normally distributed according to groups of three or more. Mann-Whitney U test was used for comparing non-normally distributed data according to paired groups, and two independent prefix t tests were used for comparison of normally distributed data. Friedman test was used for non-normally distributed data and repeated variance analysis was used for normally distributed data to examine ISQ changes according to time within groups. The significance level was taken as p <0.05. Result: In line with the statistical evaluations, that there was no statistically significant difference between the stability values of the bone densification and bone condensation methods (p> 0.05); and the stability values of the implants placed with both methods were higher compared to the traditional method (p <0.05) was observed. Conclusion: According to the results of this study, it is found that the implant placement method has an effect on the stability values; It was observed that bone densification and bone condensation methods had a positive effect (p <0.05) on implant stability compared to the traditional method. It was observed that proper surgical application had an effect on the success of implants. Keywords: Osseodensification, Osseocondensation, Resonance Frequency Analysis, Dental Implan