Clinical application of stereolithographic surgical guide with a handpiece guidance apparatus: a case report.

The success of implant-supported restorations depends on the treatment planning and the transfer of planning through the surgical field. Recently, new computer-aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM) techniques, such as stereolithographic (SLA) rapid prototyping, have been developed to fabricate surgical guides to improve the precision of implant placement. The objective of the present case is to introduce a recently developed SLA surgical guide system into the rehabilitation of a 62-year-old male patient with mandibular edentulism.

Clinical accuracy of 3 different types of computed tomography-derived stereolithographic surgical guides in implant placement.

Purpose: Presurgical planning is essential to achieve esthetic and functional implants. The goal of this clinical study was to determine the angular and linear deviations at the implant neck and apex between planned and placed implants using stereolithographic (SLA) surgical guides.

Patients And Methods: A total of 110 implants were placed using SLA surgical guides generated from computed tomography (CT).

Reliability of implant placement with stereolithographic surgical guides generated from computed tomography: clinical data from 94 implants.

Background: Dental implant placement requires precise planning with regard to anatomic limitations and restorative goals. The aim of this study was to evaluate the match between the positions and axes of the planned and placed implants using stereolithographic (SLA) surgical guides.

Methods: Ninety-four implants were placed using SLA surgical guides generated from computed tomography (CT) between 2005 and 2006.

Determination of bone quality of 372 implant recipient sites using Hounsfield unit from computerized tomography: a clinical study.

Background: The type and architecture of bone are very important factors in the successful implant treatment, and it is manifested that higher implant failure is more likely in the poorer quality of bone. Conventional bone classifications have recently been questioned because they are subjective and retrospective.

Purpose: This clinical study aimed to determine the variations of the bone density in dental implant recipient sites using computerized tomography (CT).

An investigation of tooth/implant-supported fixed prosthesis designs with two different stress analysis methods: an in vitro study.

Purpose: Tooth/implant-supported fixed prostheses (TIFPs) present biomechanical design problems, because the implant is rigidly anchored within the alveolus, and the tooth is attached by the periodontal ligament that allows movement. While TIFP designs with rigid connectors (RCs) are preferred by many clinicians, the designs containing non-rigid connectors (NRCs) are suggested as a method to compensate for these mobility differences. However, studies have failed to show the advantage of one design over the other.

Implant-supported prosthetic applications upon development of children and adolescents: a pilot study in pigs.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is the investigation of the application of implant-supported prosthetic restorations using 2 implants supporting a fixed prosthesis during the physical growth and the development period of growing pigs.

Materials And Methods: This study was carried out on 6 male farm pigs (1 as a control). The effect of the 2 screw-type endosseous implants inserted into the premolar area on the left mandibular arches of 5 farm pigs upon the jaw was investigated during a 3.

Temporomandibular joint clicking noises caused by a multilocular bone cyst: a case report.

When diagnosing patients with temporomandibular disorder (TMD) symptoms, the possibility of unusual causes must be considered, including neoplastic disorders, as well as infections and inflammatory disease. Therefore, radiologic examination may prove to be invaluable in the differential diagnosis of TMDs. This article describes a patient whose temporomandibular joint (TMJ) noise was initially diagnosed by another dental clinic as a TMJ anterior disc displacement with reciprocal clicking.