Aim: The aim of this cross-sectional prospective study was to evaluate the bone density changes around the bicortical corticobasal implant placed in the maxilla over 18 months of follow-up using cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT), focusing on the comparison between the anterior and posterior teeth and regions.
Materials And Methods: Thirty-five subjects (20, 53.26%, were males, and 15, 46.
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August 2022
The intended target site to engage a fixture distal into the tuberosity is the pterygoid apophysis that comprises the maxillary tuberosity, pyramidal process of the palatine bone, and the pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone. Pterygoid implants are incorrectly labeled in literature owing to the fact that they are actually root form conventional implants and should hence be termed as 'tubero-pterygoid implant'. An implant engaging the pterygoid apophysis/pillar taking distal maxillary support and avoiding successfully the cantilever situation is called a pterygoid implant.
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August 2022
Rationale: This paper presents the treatment of noninfected hypertrophic, horse hoof nonunion edentulous mandible accompanied with a Luhr class fracture.
Patient Concerns: The patient reported with complaints of pain and an unstable lower denture at the right side of the lower jaw post mandibular fracture.
Diagnosis: Upon inspection and post cone-beam computed tomography, it was determined that it was a case of a noninfected hypertrophic, horse hoof nonunion edentulous mandible with Luhr class 1 fracture.
Single piece zygomatic implant, or a remote anchorage implant, is an effective tool for the rehabilitation of the atrophic/resected jaws with least postoperative complications such as screw loosening, screw fractures, bone loss, mucositis, and peri implantitis. The aim of this paper was to summarize a technique for the use of a zygomatic approach for single piece implants. We used the key-words 'single piece implants" and the search revealed 700 papers in the PubMed database.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF(1) Background: Dental implantology has been rapidly developing over the last decades. The introduction of new materials, surface modifications and implant designs has brought the need to rethink and systematize our knowledge regarding dental implants. Thus, the aim of this paper is to introduce a new classification and implant positioning indications that can be used to maximize the survival rate and the aesthetic outcome of single-piece compressive screw implants.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction And Importance: The aim of this article is to report the long-term outcome of full mouth rehabilitation with single piece, smooth surface implants following immediate loading protocol on a patient suffering with RA and severe unilateral condylar resorption.
Case Presentation: Here, we present a challenging case of a patient suffering from Rheumatoid Arthritis who was stabilized and completed successfully with a 4 year follow-up period. Prosthetic management optimized the inter-occlusal relationship to maintain both function and esthetic integrity.
Prosthetic rehabilitation post resection and radiotherapy demand a thorough understanding of the biomechanics of the jaw, its associated structures, and their post radiation changes at the bone level. Restoring lost structures can often pose a challenge, especially with regard to the dentition. Due to inadequate hard- and soft-tissue structures as well as their demand for "biologic osseointegration," it is difficult to conduct immediate loading as a treatment option on conventional implants.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPresenting to our knowledge, for the first time in literature, a case report on the long term follow-up of an implant retained fixed prosthesis on free fibular reconstruction with a single piece zygomatic implant and single piece bicortical implant via a flapless approach and immediate functional rehabilitation. The technique involved the concept of "Remote Bone Anchorage" in conjunction with the union of grafted free fibula flap with the native mandible. It was facilitated with a single piece zygomatic implant engaged in the mandible and splinted with single piece implants on the grafted fibula as needed for prosthetic functional reconstruction.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrimary care physicians can easily identify overweight in children aged < 2 years using body-mass index. There is no consensus on the appropriate way of identifying overweight before age 2 years. However, the primary care physician should be alert if the body-mass index of a child < 2 years of age is significantly higher then those published (as a guideline) in this paper.
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