Ultrastructural and Immunoelectron Microscopic Studies of the Peri‐Implant Epithelium‐Implant (Ti‐6Al‐4V) Interface of Rat Maxilla

Abstract

PIE attached to the implant via hemidesmosomes and IBL in the lower region of the PIE-implant interface. Although PIE cells may secrete laminin-1, which contributes to epidermal cell adhesion, the PIE which attaches to implants only in the lower region of the interface is considered to be the poorly adhered epithelium.