Fig.9 is magnification of Fig.8 (boxed area) to show the relationship of bone with the implant, whereas Fig.10 is taken one year and 3 months later.  While Ms. Ou enjoys chewing with the implant tooth, the bone surrounding the implant is becoming stronger.  With chewing stimulation, the bone immediately next to the implant is thicker and denser (Fig.10 black >, as compared to the same area in Fig.9).  The rest of surrounding bone has certain pattern formation: like strings (blue >; medically called bony trabeculae) inserted into the thickened bone plate (black >) just mentioned.  Return to main article

Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 05/23/2012, last revision 09/27/2012