Basic study of the application of 2 piece-type hydroxyapatite anchor in periodontal therapy

Abstract

Clinico-histological studies were made to obtain basic data on the application of 2 piece-type hydroxyapatite (hereinafter referred to as HAP) originally designed and prepared so as to be shaped to make its clinical application easy as an anchor (HAP anchor) in the corrective movement of teeth. An immobility identification experiment and intrusive experiment were performed in order to identify absent loss of anchor to the corrective force and to identify actually practicable tooth movement by means of the HAP anchor, respectively, and clinico-histological evaluation was made of its function in both of the above cases. The results revealed no change in the distance of HAP anchor in the former experiment and tooth intrusion of 3.7 mm on average in the latter experiment and, histologically, close surrounding of almost the entire region embedded by the HAP anchor, with newly formed osseous tissues in both experiments. The above results suggest the usefulness of this trial HAP anchor as an anchor to tooth movement in periodontal therapy.