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Ultrastructural Study of Epithelial Cell Attachment to Implant Materials

Department of Dental Materials

J.R. De Wijn

Department of Dental Materials

J.M.L. Wolters-Lutgerhorst

Department of Oral Histology, Dental School, University of Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands

P.J. Van Mullem

Department of Oral Histology, Dental School, University of Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Attachment of gingival tissues to the protruding post of an endosseous dental implant is of great importance for the prognosis of its clinical success. Little is known about the requirements an implant material must meet to secure a durable permucosal seal. The objective of this study, therefore, was to gain insight into the morphology of epithelial cell-implant interfaces for a number of well-known or potential implant materials.

Guinea pig epithelial cells were cultured on gold, titanium, carbon, hydroxylapatite, carbonate apatite, and modified polystyrene substrates. The metallic and carbon substrates were obtained by vapor-phase deposition of thin films on polystyrene carriers. This technique allowed for the preparation of ultra-thin sections for transmission electron microscopy containing substrate as well as the cells adhering to it. The cultures on apatite were decalcified prior to sectioning.

The results revealed that as attachment structures, focal contacts, extracellular matrix contacts, and hemidesmosome-like contacts could be distinguished. Hemidesmosome-like contacts were only observed on apatite and polystyrene and not on the metallic or carbon surfaces.

The results of this study suggest the existence of some, as yet unknown, property of the substrate that determines the nature and the structure of the contact site with epithelial cells.

Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 64, No. 6, 891-896 (1985)
DOI: 10.1177/00220345850640060601


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