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Implant-associated gene expression in the jaw bone of smokers and nonsmokers: A human study using quantitative qPCR.

Shariel SayardoustOmar OmarOla NorderydPeter Thomsen
Published in: Clinical oral implants research (2018)
The implant-adherent cells are more sensitive to surface properties and smoking conditions than the cells in the peri-implant bone. Smoking imposes inhibitory effects on the initial molecular events of osseointegration in the human bone-implant interface. The surface properties of oxidized implants appear to have a beneficial effect on osseointegration by mitigating the smoking-induced negative effects.
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