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Volume 38 , Issue 2
March/April 2018
Pages e29–e32

Failed Blade Implant After 25 Years in Function: Case Description and Histologic Analysis

Davide Farronato, DDS, PhD, PD, AP/Davide Fumagalli, DDS/Farah Asa’ad, BDS, MSc, PhD/Pietro M. Pasini, DMD/Francesco Mangano, DDS, PhD, FICD/Giulio Rasperini, DDS

PMID: 29447315
DOI: 10.11607/prd.3384

This report describes a failed blade implant after 25 years in function in the left maxilla and the results of histologic analysis of peri-implant tissues. The blade was retrieved, and histologic findings revealed that it was not osseointegrated despite being successfully in function for so many years. The long-term function of blade implants without osseointegration can be attributed to biotolerance exhibited by the implant rather than actual osseointegration.

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