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Osseointegration. Healing time


Last Updated: 10.01.2024

Author: George Ghidrai, MD  

For an implant to become permanently stable, the body must grow bone to the surface of the implant. This process is called osseointegration.

Osseointegration is defined as the formation of a direct interface between an implant and bone without intervening soft tissue.

Applied to oral implantology, this means that the bone grows right up to the implant surface without an interposed soft tissue layer.

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When osseointegration occurs, the implant is tightly held in place by the bone. The process typically takes several weeks or months, but several factors can influence it:



The fact is that the degree of osseointegration of implants is a matter of time. While the first evidence of integration occurs after a few weeks, the more robust connection is progressively achieved over the following months or years.

As a result, the osseointegration process continues well after the definitive restoration is secured to the implants.

That is one reason why the prosthetic phase requires equal technical expertise: a restoration that overloads one (or more) implants can damage the osseointegration process, which may result in implant failure.





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