Title

Evaluation of neo-implant abutment junction sealing gel among Indian patients

Authors

Saumya Mehta¹, Sahana Selvaganesh¹*, Thiyaneswaran Nesappan¹, Vishnu Priya Veeraraghavan², Palanivel Sathishkumar³ & Rajalakshmanan Eswaramoorthy³

Affiliation

¹Department of Implantology, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Saveetha University, Chennai 600077, India; ²Department of Biochemistry, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Saveetha University, Chennai 600077, India; ³Department of Biomaterials (Green lab), Saveetha Dental College and Hospital, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Saveetha University, Chennai 600077, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Saumya Mehta – E-mail: saumyamehta0027@gmail.com

Sahana Selvaganes – E-mail: sahanas.sdc@saveetha.com

Thiyaneswaran Nesappan – E-mail: dr.thiyan@gmail.com

Vishnu Priya Veeraraghavan - E-mail:vishnupriya@saveetha.com

Palanivel Sathishkumar - E-mail- salemsathishkumar@gmail.com

Rajalakshmanan Eswaramoorthy - E-mail: rajalakshmanan.e@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received April 1, 2023; Revised April 30, 2023; Accepted April 30, 2023, Published April 30, 2023

With the advent of various implant abutment junctions, the ultimate aim is to develop a precise implant abutment junction with negligible micro-leakage. However precise the mechanical connection is, there seems to be a negligible amount of micro-leakage that is present that can be addressed with the help of sealing gel. This study aims to assess the micro-leakage between the neo-sealing gel and the commercially available implant sealing gel. The study was conducted on implants (n=15) with internal hex connections, group 1 (No gel, n=5), group 2 (Neo gel, n=5) and group 3 (commercial gel, n=5).  Mean dE*ab values of 0.28± 0.02, 0.04± 0.01 and 0.17±0.01 were noted for the 3 groups, and there was statistically significant difference between the 3 groups (p≤0.05). The study suggests that the neo sealing gel may be a promising material to prevent bacterial ingress and micro-leakage at the implant abutment junction.

Keywords

Implant abutment junction, micro-leakage, sealing gel

Citation

Mehta et al. Bioinformation 19(4): 502-505 (2023)

Edited by

P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.