# An in vivo assessment of implant stability coated with platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) using a resonance frequency analyser

## TL;DR

This study assesses how platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) affects dental implant stability using resonance frequency analysis in patients.

## Contribution

The study provides empirical evidence that PRF improves secondary implant stability and reduces marginal bone loss.

## Key findings

- PRF-coated implants showed statistically significant better secondary stability (p = 0.001).
- PRF implants had less marginal bone loss compared to non-PRF implants.
- Primary implant stability was not significantly affected by PRF (p = 0.1268).

## Abstract

Permanent teeth that are lost are frequently replaced by dental implants. The success of an implant is influenced by its stability.
Therefore, it is of interest to assess the primary and final stability of PRF-coated implants using a resonance frequency analyser. The
study comprised twenty-four healthy patients of both sexes with at least one missing tooth. They were arbitrarily allocated to two groups,
each consisting of 12 samples: Group I (Control) was not given platelet rich fibrin (PRF) and Group II (study group) was given PRF.
Blood was drawn from the subjects to create the platelet-rich fibrin. Resonance frequency analysis (RFA) was used to record the primary
and secondary implant stability quotient values for a total of 24 implants, 12 of which were coated with platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) (test
group) and 12 of which were not (control group). A statistical analysis was performed on the collected data. There were 20 patients who
were male and only 4 out of 3 instances were female. Overall primary implant stability was found to be statistically not significant
when comparing with and without PRF (p = 0.1268). Conversely, a statistically considerable variation (p = 0.001) was found when
comparing overall secondary implant stability with and without PRF. With the PRF group, there was less marginal bone loss. This suggests
that PRF increases the stability of implants. Compared to the group without PRF, implants containing PRF demonstrated better Osseo
integration and less marginal bone loss.