The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of total implant-bone surface contact area of dental implants applied on partial\nor total edentulous patients on the increase in the level of blood titanium level. Changes of the blood titanium levels were evaluated\nafter placement of the dental implants in 30 patients including 15 females and 15 males. Patients were divided into 3 groups as\ndental implants were applied on only maxilla, only mandible, or both of them. Taking into the consideration anatomic formation\nand prosthetic indication, dental implant-bone total contact area was calculated and saved for each patient after dental implants\nplacement. Blood samples of the patients taken preoperatively and postoperatively at 12 weeks were analyzed by ICP-MS device.\nBlood titanium levels of preoperative and postoperative blood samples were analyzed for each patient and results were evaluated\nstatistically. In the evaluation after analyzing blood titanium level changes, while a statistically significant decrease was observed\nin Group 1 patients, a statistically significant increase was observed in Group 2 and Group 3 patients to blood titanium level. A\nstatistically significant difference was observed between Group 1 and Group 2 and between Group 1 and Group 3 patients of blood\ntitanium levels.The change of the blood titanium level was not related to total implant-bone surface area, number of the implants,\nand gender. In our study, no correlation was found between change of blood titanium level and total contact area with bone of\ndental implants.We believe that more accurate results can be obtained with biopsy of tissues and organs on animal studies.
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