Clinical efficacy of antibiotics in the treatment of peri-implantitis.

Objectives: The aim of the present study was to review the pertinent literature with reference to the clinical efficacy of antibiotics in the treatment of peri-implantitis.

Methods: To address the focused question 'Are locally and systemically delivered antibiotics useful in the treatment of peri-implantitis?' PubMed/Medline and Google-scholar databases were explored from 1992 until February 2013 using a combination of the following keywords: 'antibiotic,' 'dental implant,' 'inflammation,', 'peri-implantitis' and 'treatment'. Letters to the editor, case-reports and unpublished data were excluded.

Panoramic radiomorphometric indices as reliable parameters in predicting osteoporosis.

Background: The purpose was to evaluate the significance of panoramic radiomorphometric indices (mandibular cortical index [MCI], mental index [MI] and panoramic mandibular index [PMI]) as useful tools for identifying osteoporosis.

Methods: One hundred healthy women aged ≥ 30 years were included. Digital panoramic images and bone mineral density (BMD) of the lumbar spines were recorded.

Pain sensation and postsurgical complications in posterior mandibular implant placement using ridge mapping, panoramic radiography, and infiltration anesthesia.

Objectives. The aim of this study was to investigate intrasurgical and after surgical, pain and the incidence of after surgical alteration of sensation in the mandible and lower lip when placing implants in the posterior mandible using ridge mapping, panoramic radiography, and infiltration anesthesia. Methods.

Dental clinics as potent sources for screening undiagnosed diabetes and prediabetes.

Introduction: This pilot study investigated the efficacy of dental clinics as potent sources for screening diabetes and prediabetes in undiagnosed individuals.

Methods: Data were randomly collected from 385 patients (aged 40 years and older) visiting dental clinics. Patients already having a diagnosis of diabetes and/or prediabetes were excluded.

Osteotome maxillary sinus lift using bovine bone and calcium sulfate: a case series.

Purpose: The purpose of this longitudinal study was to evaluate the success of bovine bone and calcium sulfate (CaSO(4)) as sinus augmentation material with osteotome maxillary sinus lift.

Materials And Methods: Thirty-one osteotome sinus lift procedures were performed for 18 healthy patients (7 males and 11 females). A mixture of bovine bone and CaSO(4) (ratio, 4:1) was used as sinus augmentation material with simultaneous implant placement.

Inferior alveolar nerve injury in implant dentistry: diagnosis, causes, prevention, and management.

Inferior alveolar nerve injury is one of the most serious complications in implant dentistry. This nerve injury can occur during local anesthesia, implant osteotomy, or implant placement. Proper understanding of anatomy, surgical procedures, and implant systems and proper treatment planning is the key to reducing such an unpleasant complication.

Successful treatment of early implant failure: a case series.

Background: The aim of this longitudinal study was to evaluate the effect of combined treatment on early progressive bone loss around dental implants.

Methods: The study sample consisted of 18 implants presenting at 4-6 weeks postplacement with early progressive bone loss. Clinical examination indicated the presence of a fistula in the soft tissue covering the implants in most cases.

Corticotomy facilitated orthodontics: Review of a technique.

Corticotomy found to be effective in accelerating orthodontic treatment. The most important factors in the success of this technique is proper case selection and careful surgical and orthodontic treatment. Corticotomy facilitated orthodontics advocated for comprehensive fixed orthodontic appliances in conjunction with full thickness flaps and labial and lingual corticotomies around teeth to be moved.

Management of combined ridge defect and osteotome sinus floor elevation with simultaneous implant placement--a 36-month follow-up case report.

This report demonstrated the management of combined ridge defect and maxillary sinus pneumatization with simultaneous implant placement. One case with vertical and horizontal ridge deficiency and sinus pneumatization in the maxillary premolar area was indicated for ridge augmentation and sinus elevation before implant placement. Implant osteotomy was enlarged using a ridge expansion osteotome to 1 mm short of the sinus floor; sinus elevation was performed using sinus lift osteotomes; the implant was placed; bone graft and resorbable membrane were used to augment the remaining defect.

Predoctoral dental implant education at King Abdulaziz University.

Objective: In June 2008, a survey of freshly graduated dental students of King Abdulaziz University Jeddah was conducted to evaluate the extent of their exposure to oral implantology and their knowledge of some basic principles of dental implant treatment.

Materials And Methods: Multiple-choice questionnaires were given to the fresh graduate dental students of King Abdulaziz University Jeddah to answer. Sixty-six students responded out of 86, yielding a response rate of 76.

A new tunnel technique with acellular dermal matrix for soft tissue preparation prior to symphyseal block graft--a description of technique and case report.

The aim of this report was to describe a newly designed tunnel technique (A New Tunnel Technique) using acellular dermal matrix (ADM) allograft for soft tissue augmentation prior to mono-cortical block graft. Two cases with vertical and horizontal ridge deficiency in the mandibular anterior area were indicated for mono-cortical block grafting before implant placement. Soft tissue evaluation and measurements showed thin tissue covering the defect area composed mainly of nonkeratinized alveolar mucosa measuring 1 to 2 mm in most of the sites.