JP2010032502A - Bone quality inspection method for maxillofacial implant treatment - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a novel bone quality inspection method for a maxillofacial implant treatment, and an inspection kit used for the bone quality inspection method. <P>SOLUTION: The bone quality can be accurately inspected by preparing a tissue slice from a bone tissue collected for the maxillofacial implant treatment, implementing von Kossa staining, and measuring a stained area. The kit includes a preparation strip for placing the tissue slice, and a staining agent. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a bone quality inspection method for maxillofacial implant treatment, and further relates to an inspection kit used for the bone quality inspection method.

  An implant refers to an artificially produced substitute for an organ / tissue, or to be implanted in order to be implanted in a site that has been damaged or damaged, and includes artificial joints, dentures, tendons, blood vessels, and the like. In particular, jaws and facial implants are used in place of teeth unfortunately lost due to periodontal disease, trauma, and other serious illnesses, for example, by implanting titanium artificial roots into the jawbone. There are those that make a strong bond between the root (implant) and bone, and then make artificial teeth on the bone and reconstruct the teeth. The treatment method for implants is the latest dental treatment that restores the occlusal and masticatory functions of the teeth, and is currently spreading rapidly. In recent years, an implant called a mini-implant is sometimes embedded in a jaw bone to stabilize a denture or used for orthodontics.

  What is important in the implant technology is that the bone in the jawbone and the implant are reliably connected, and it has already been reported that the bone quality of the jawbone is deeply involved in this connection (Non-patent Document 1). Conventionally, the bone quality of the jawbone has been determined by examining dental panoramic X-ray photographs and CT (Computed tomography) photographs (Non-patent Documents 2 and 3).

  Conventional examinations using panoramic X-ray photographs and CT photographs can grasp the amount of jaw bone, but the evaluation of bone quality in the jaw bone is insufficient. In particular, precise preoperative diagnosis of jaw bones with complex bone quality, such as after autogenous bone grafting or bone reconstructive surgery using artificial bones, is essential for successful implant treatment. In addition, the condition of bone quality is the most important factor in determining the period of time between implant placement surgery and sufficient bonding between the bone and the implant surface, that is, the healing period. Diagnosis has not yet been established.

Friberg. Et al., Int J Oral Maxillofac Imp 6 (1991) Fernandez et al., Int J Oral Maxillofac Imp 22 (2007) Gattane et al., Int J Oral Maxillofac Imp 22 (2007)

  An object of the present invention is to provide a novel bone quality inspection method for maxillofacial implant treatment. It is another object of the present invention to provide a test kit used for the bone quality inspection method.

  As a result of intensive studies to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present inventors have obtained von Kossa staining of bone tissue collected for maxillofacial implant treatment and measured the stained area, so that more accurate bone quality can be obtained. The present invention has been completed by finding that it can be inspected.

That is, this invention consists of the following.
1. A bone quality inspection method for maxillofacial implant treatment, characterized by von Kossa staining of the collected maxillofacial bone tissue.
2. The bone quality inspection method according to item 1, including the following steps 1) to 5):
1) a step of fixing the collected maxillofacial bone tissue and producing an embedded block;
2) A step of preparing a section from the embedding block of 1) above;
3) A step of placing the tissue section of 2) above on a preparation strip;
4) staining a tissue section on the strip;
5) A step of measuring a stained tissue area ratio in a tissue section on the strip.
4). 3. A test kit for use in the bone quality inspection method according to item 1 or 2, comprising a preparation strip for placing the collected maxillofacial bone tissue and a silver nitrate aqueous solution.

  In conventional dental panoramic radiographs and CT photographs, the overall bone mass is evaluated, and it is effective for grasping the bone mass. However, the bone hardness and the cancellous bone that implants the implant body It was not effective to evaluate the trabecular structure. On the other hand, in the inspection method of the present invention, the bone quality of the jawbone in which the implant body is embedded is digitized, and the evaluation becomes easy. Conventionally, the evaluation criteria for determining the healing period (the period until sufficient bonding between the bone and the implant surface) was ambiguous, but the healing period is objectively determined by examining with the examination method of the present invention. It is possible to select the most effective treatment schedule in terms of time and cost. And an implant technique can be provided to a patient by the method with the least burden on time and mentally, and the subsequent effect can also be maintained.

It is a figure which shows an example of the implant of this invention. Moreover, it is the figure which showed typically the fine trabecular tissue of the jawbone around the implant when an implant body was embedded. It is the figure which showed typically the concept of the preparation preparation containing a tissue section from the bone tissue sample extract | collected just before implant insertion. It is a figure which shows the dyeing | staining pattern of a bone tissue when dyeing | staining by toluidine blue dyeing | staining (comparative example 1) and Von Kossa dyeing | staining (Example 1). It is a figure which shows the dyeing | staining pattern and bone occupancy when a bone tissue sample obtained from six test subjects was stained with Von Kossa. (Example 2)

  The bone quality inspection method for the treatment of maxillofacial implant of the present invention is based on staining the collected maxillofacial bone tissue. The maxillofacial implant treatment of the present invention refers to any implant treatment that can be embedded in the maxillofacial bone tissue, and may include, for example, a so-called miniplant used for dentures and orthodontics. On the other hand, the implant of the present invention excludes implant treatments other than the maxillofacial region, such as implant treatments used for joint reconstruction such as knees. The maxillofacial bone tissue used in the examination of the present invention may be collected from any site of the maxillofacial region intended for treatment. For example, an example of the implant of the present invention is shown in FIG. When implanting the implant body into the jawbone, it is necessary to remove a part of the bone tissue. The bone tissue collected at that time can be used as the sampled maxillofacial-derived bone tissue of the present invention.

More specifically, the inspection method of the present invention includes the following steps 1) to 5).
1) a step of fixing the collected maxillofacial bone tissue and producing an embedded block;
2) A step of preparing a section from the embedding block of 1) above;
3) A step of placing the tissue section of 2) above on a preparation strip;
4) staining a tissue section on the strip;
5) A step of measuring a stained tissue area ratio in a tissue section on the strip.

  The conceptual diagram of the said process is shown in FIG. As a method for fixing the maxillofacial bone tissue collected in the above, a method known per se can be adopted and is not particularly limited. Since the bone tissue of the present invention can be observed under an optical microscope, ethanol, methanol, acetic acid, formalin, formaldehyde, picric acid or the like can be used as a fixing solution, and formalin or formaldehyde is particularly preferably used. Can do. The concentration of the liquid to be used can be determined as appropriate and is not particularly limited. In addition, a method for producing an embedding block from a fixed tissue may be a method known per se and is not particularly limited. As a method for producing the embedding block, in addition to paraffin embedding, methods such as freezing, gelatin embedding, and carbowax embedding can be used. Paraffin has generally been used for optical microscopes, but the method using any embedding agent developed in the future can be adopted without being limited thereto.

  A method known per se can also be used as a method for preparing a section from an embedding block. Here, since the embedded sample contains bone tissue, it is preferable to use a knife dedicated to bone tissue, for example, a carbide knife, but it is not particularly limited. The thickness of the section is not particularly limited as long as the tissue after staining can be observed under an optical microscope, and is, for example, 6 to 50 μm, preferably 6 to 30 μm, and most preferably about 6 μm. The temperature at the time of preparing the section is not particularly limited as long as the embedding material is in a solid state. For example, a frozen section is generally prepared. The preparation temperature of the frozen section is, for example, -20 to -80 ° C, preferably -30 to -50 ° C, and most preferably about -36 ° C.

  The staining method of the present invention is not particularly limited as long as it is a method capable of staining a bone tissue, particularly a calcium deposition site, and silver nitrate staining is specifically exemplified as a method capable of staining a calcium deposition site. In particular, as a staining method for clearly distinguishing and judging bone tissue and other tissues in a section sample, Von Kossa staining is specifically mentioned. When Von Kossa staining acts on calcium phosphate in the tissue, the calcium is separated from the original bond and the portion is replaced with a heavy metal cation. Excess heavy metal salt is removed by washing with water and other operations, and then a developer is allowed to act on the silver nitrate, and the metallic silver exhibiting a dark brown color is reduced and colored. In the dyeing process, a process such as washing with water can be added as necessary.

  In the inspection method of the present invention, this is achieved by measuring the stained tissue area in the tissue section on the strip. The stained tissue area may be judged visually or visually by observation under a microscope, but it is preferable to use a measuring instrument that can measure the stained region.

  The bone quality inspection method of the present invention may further include necessary steps in addition to the above. For example, before dyeing, a defixing agent treatment, specifically, a deparaffinization treatment can be performed. Furthermore, the stained tissue section may be subjected to a treatment for sealing it under a cover glass with an appropriate mounting medium.

  The present invention also extends to a kit for performing the above bone quality test. The component included in the kit needs to include at least a preparation strip for placing a tissue section and a staining agent. Since the bone tissue of the present invention is used for dental treatment or the like, it can have a smaller area than a preparation strip for observation with an ordinary optical microscope. Since the size of the tissue section is almost 5 × 15 mm or less, there is no particular limitation as long as such a tissue section can be placed thereon. In particular, in order to facilitate handling of the strip, a device such as providing a handle on the strip may be used. The material of the strip is not particularly limited as long as it is resistant to the staining solution and can observe the tissue.

  It is preferable to contain an aqueous silver nitrate solution as a staining agent contained in the kit of the present invention. The silver nitrate aqueous solution is used at a concentration of 1 to 5% at the time of use. The kit can contain other reagents such as a reducing color former such as an aqueous sodium thiosulfate solution.

  The present invention will be described below with reference to examples, but it is needless to say that the present examples are for the purpose of better understanding the contents of the invention, and the present invention is not limited to these examples.

(Example 1) Von Kossa staining From a jaw bone tissue of a patient before an implant treatment, a bone tissue was cut out for implant placement using a cylindrical trephine having a length of 7 mm and a diameter of 2 mm. It was. The sample was immediately immersed in 10% neutral formalin at 4 ° C. Thereafter, the tissue was washed with a phosphate buffer. Samples were then exposed to -75 degrees n-hexene and snap frozen. The frozen sample was immersed in a stainless steel container filled with 4% carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) gel (Fintec), and the container was placed in cold n-hexene to freeze the CMC. The frozen block was prepared as a frozen section using a microtome (CM3500, manufactured by LEICA) having a temperature in the chamber of −25 ° C. The frozen section was freeze-dried in a chamber at -25 ° C. for 3-5 hours to prepare a section sample.

The frozen embedded sample was stained with Von Kossa according to the following procedure.
1) Washing treatment 2) 5% silver nitrate aqueous solution, dyed for 1 hour under 60 watt incandescent light 3) Washed 3 times with distilled water 4) Soaked in 5% sodium thiosulfate aqueous solution for 5 minutes, then tap water 5) Soaked in Cologne Echlot funnel for 5 minutes, lightly washed, dehydrated and sealed

(Comparative Example 1) Toluidine blue staining The section sample was treated in the same manner as in Example 1 except that tissue staining was performed with toluidine blue instead of Von Kossa staining. Toluidine blue staining was performed as follows.
1) Washing with water 2) Dyeing with 0.5% toluidine blue solution for 30 minutes 3) Press lightly to remove water with filter paper, and then dehydrating with pure alcohol twice 4) Clearing with xylene and sealing

(result)
As a result of the above, regarding the section samples stained by the method of Example 1 and Comparative Example 1, it was difficult to differentiate the stained bone tissue from other tissues in Comparative Example 1, but Von Kossa of Example 1 Bone tissue stained brown was easily stained with other tissues (FIG. 3).

(Example 2) Examination of jaw bone tissue Samples were obtained from the jaw bone tissues of six subjects before implant treatment by the same method as that described in Example 1, and a section sample was prepared. The prepared section sample was stained with Von Kossa staining in the same manner as in Example 1. The stained area of the stained section was measured using an image processing apparatus (Mac Scope, Mitani Corp.), and the bone occupancy in the sample was measured.

  As a result, the bone occupancy of each subject was 65.0%, 34.2%, 53.2%, 21.0%, 5.02%, and 28.5%, respectively (FIG. 4). Based on this result, it was confirmed that the higher the bone occupancy rate, the higher the bone density, and it was confirmed that the bone quality that could not be examined conventionally can be objectively evaluated.

(Example 3) Examination 2 of jaw bone tissue
A sample was obtained from the jawbone tissue of 30 subjects before implant treatment by the same method as described in Example 1, and a slice sample was prepared. The prepared section sample was stained with Von Kossa staining in the same manner as in Example 1. The stained area of the stained section was measured using an image processing apparatus (Mac Scope, Mitani Corp.), and the bone occupancy in the sample was measured.

Table 1 shows the bone occupancy of each subject. As can be seen from this result, the bone occupancy varies depending on the bone site, and based on this result, it can be evaluated that the higher the bone occupancy, the higher the bone density (bone quality). It was confirmed that the condition of the bone to be implanted can objectively evaluate the bone quality that could not be examined conventionally.
Short-term observations gave the impression that the success rate was extremely reduced in cases where the bone occupancy was 10% or less.

  As described above in detail, with regard to the bone tissue derived from the maxillofacial surface of the present invention, von Kossa staining, it can be evaluated that the bone density is higher when the bone occupancy is higher, and the bone quality that could not be examined conventionally is evaluated It was confirmed that it was possible. Based on the obtained numbers, the time period until the bone connection that can withstand the occlusal function is obtained after the implant body has been placed in the past is the internationally recognized protocol, ie, 6 months for the upper jaw, lower jaw In contrast, the protocol of 3 months was almost uniformly executed, but it was possible to objectively determine the period of time until a bone connection that can withstand the occlusal function was obtained depending on the bone quality of each individual.

  As a result, the most reasonable treatment period can be selected, and the time and mental burden on each patient can be reduced. In addition, it is possible to determine when the implant is clearly unsuitable by the prior examination, and the burden on the patient is reduced. In particular, when the maxillofacial bone is lost or atrophied due to some cause such as illness or accident, implant treatment is performed on the jawbone with complex bone quality, such as after autogenous bone grafting or bone reconstructive surgery using artificial bone In some cases, the most effective treatment plan can be selected by evaluating the quality of the new bone tissue in advance.

Claims (3)

A bone quality inspection method for maxillofacial implant treatment, characterized by von Kossa staining of the collected maxillofacial bone tissue. The bone quality inspection method according to claim 1, comprising the following steps 1) to 5):
1) a step of fixing the collected maxillofacial bone tissue and producing an embedded block;
2) A step of preparing a section from the embedding block of 1) above;
3) A step of placing the tissue section of 2) above on a preparation strip;
4) staining a tissue section on the strip;
5) A step of measuring a stained tissue area ratio in a tissue section on the strip. The test kit used for the bone quality inspection method according to claim 1 or 2, comprising a preparation strip for placing the collected maxillofacial bone tissue and a silver nitrate aqueous solution.