High-voltage electron microscopy and conventional transmission electron microscopy of the interface zone between bone and endosteal dental implants

1992 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 529-545 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. E. Steflik ◽  
A. L. Sisk ◽  
G. R. Parr ◽  
P. J. Hanes ◽  
F. Lake ◽  
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Author(s):  
Richard S. Hannah

The formation of junctional complexes between endothelial cell processes was examined in rat spinal cords, from age birth to six weeks. Segments of spinal cord were removed from the region of the cervical enlargement and fixed. For comparative purposes, animals from each time group were subdivided into groups, fixed by either immersion or perfusion with an aldehyde combination in sodium cacodylate buffer and embedded in Araldite. Thin sections were examined by conventional transmission electron microscopy. Thick sections (0.5μ - 1.0μ) were stained with uranyl magnesium acetate for four hours at 60°C and lead citrate for 30 mins. and examined in the AEI Mark II High Voltage Electron Microscope.


Author(s):  
A. Ishikawa ◽  
C. Morita ◽  
M. Hibino ◽  
S. Maruse

One of the problems which are met in conventional transmission electron microscopy (CTEM) at high voltages is the reduction of the sensitivity of photographic films for high energy electron beams, resulting in the necessity of using high beam current. This cancels out an advantage of high voltage electron microscopy which is otherwise expected from the reduction of the inelastic scattering in the specimen, that is the reduced radiation damage of the specimen during observations. However, it is expected that the efficiency of the detector of scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) can be superior to that of CTEM, since the divergence of the electron beam in the detecting material does not affect the quality of the image. In addition to observation with less radiation damage, high voltage STEM with high detection efficiency is very attractive for observations of weak contrast objects since the enhancement of the contrast (which is an important advantage of STEM) is easily realized electrically.


Author(s):  
D. E. Steflik ◽  
M. J. Song ◽  
A. L. Sjsk ◽  
G. R. Parr ◽  
P. J. Hanes ◽  
...  

Previous studies have suggested the prerequisite of bone interfacing successful endosteal dental implants. This is the concept of osseointegration of dental implants within the jaw. However, the ultrastructure of the actual bone interface is largely unknown. This current study is planned to elucidate with correlative high-voltage electron microscopy (HVEM) and conventional electron microscopy (TEM), the morphology of the interface of the support tissues to endosteal dental implants. All ultrastructural protocols involve undecalcified tissue sectioning.After 2 months healing following extraction of all premolars, 120 root form and blade-type endosteal dental implants were placed into the mandibles of 30 adult mongrel dogs. This report will be restricted to 12 implants retrieved from animals euthanized after 5 months of unloaded healing. Following perfusion with buffered 3% glutaraldehyde the implants were block resected with their encasement of mandibular tissues, fixed by immersion for 24 hr in glutaraldehyde and postfixed with 1% OsO4 for 2 hr.


Author(s):  
H. Shimoyama ◽  
C. Morita ◽  
S. Arai ◽  
N. Yokoi ◽  
K. Miyauchi ◽  
...  

For the last few years we have been developing a field emission (FE) gun system for our high voltage electron microscope (HVEM) H-1250 ST (maximum accelerating voltage of 1.25 MV) at Nagoya University, in order to attain much higher level of performance of the instrument and to exploit further extended field of application. In the first stage of the project during the period from 1986 to 1987, the FE gun system had been mounted on the top of the accelerating tube, and successfully been operated at the accelerating voltage of 1 MV for the first time pin the world. The operation was very stable and high resolution images for both scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) and conventional transmission electron microscopy (CTEM) modes were possible at this stage. At the same time, however, several practical problems related to incorporating the FE gun into the HVEM were made clear. Since then several important modifications on instrumentation and electronics have been made and the project is now at the second stage. In this paper a brief outline of the FE gun system developed for our HVEM is described especially from the view point of instrumentation and electronics.


Author(s):  
D.E. Steflik ◽  
D.J. Berkery ◽  
G.R. Parr ◽  
A.L. Sisk ◽  
P.J. Hanes ◽  
...  

Previous studies have suggested the prerequisite of bone interfacing successful endosteal dental implants. This is the concept of osseointegration of dental implants within the jaw. However, the morphology of the actual bone interface on the ultrastructural level is lacking. This current study attempts to elucidate, with correlative high voltage electron microscopy (HVEM) and conventional electron microscopy (TEM), the morphology of the bone-dental implant interface.


Author(s):  
L. D. Ackerman ◽  
S. H. Y. Wei

Mature human dental enamel has presented investigators with several difficulties in ultramicrotomy of specimens for electron microscopy due to its high degree of mineralization. This study explores the possibility of combining ion-milling and high voltage electron microscopy as a means of circumventing the problems of ultramicrotomy.A longitudinal section of an extracted human third molar was ground to a thickness of about 30 um and polarized light micrographs were taken. The specimen was attached to a single hole grid and thinned by argon-ion bombardment at 15° incidence while rotating at 15 rpm. The beam current in each of two guns was 50 μA with an accelerating voltage of 4 kV. A 20 nm carbon coating was evaporated onto the specimen to prevent an electron charge from building up during electron microscopy.


Author(s):  
Lee D. Peachey ◽  
Clara Franzini-Armstrong

The effective study of biological tissues in thick slices of embedded material by high voltage electron microscopy (HVEM) requires highly selective staining of those structures to be visualized so that they are not hidden or obscured by other structures in the image. A tilt pair of micrographs with subsequent stereoscopic viewing can be an important aid in three-dimensional visualization of these images, once an appropriate stain has been found. The peroxidase reaction has been used for this purpose in visualizing the T-system (transverse tubular system) of frog skeletal muscle by HVEM (1). We have found infiltration with lanthanum hydroxide to be particularly useful for three-dimensional visualization of certain aspects of the structure of the T- system in skeletal muscles of the frog. Specifically, lanthanum more completely fills the lumen of the tubules and is denser than the peroxidase reaction product.


Author(s):  
T. Mukai ◽  
T. E. Mitchell

Radiation-induced homogeneous precipitation in Ni-Be alloys was recently observed by high voltage electron microscopy. A coupling of interstitial flux with solute Be atoms is responsible for the precipitation. The present investigation further shows that precipitation is also induced at thin foil surfaces by electron irradiation under a high vacuum.


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