Evaluation of Prosthetic Complications with Metal-Acrylic Resin Implant-Fixed Complete Dentures: A Medium- and Long-Term Retrospective Analysis with Up to 13 Years of Follow-up.

Purpose: To present prosthetic complications observed in the medium and long term in patients treated with metal-acrylic resin implant-supported fixed complete dentures (MAIFCDs).

Materials And Methods: A total of 87 patients who were treated with MAIFCDs were included. Acrylic resin (denture teeth and base) fracture, screw loosening (prosthetic or abutment), screw (prosthetic or abutment), and framework fracture were analyzed for descriptive statistics.

Group 3 ITI Consensus Report: Patient-reported outcome measures associated with implant dentistry.

Objectives: The aim of Working Group 3 was to focus on three topics that were assessed using patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs). These topics included the following: (a) the aesthetics of tooth and implant-supported fixed dental prostheses focusing on partially edentulous patients, (b) a comparison of fixed and removable implant-retained prostheses for edentulous populations, and (c) immediate versus early/conventional loading of immediately placed implants in partially edentate patients. PROMs include ratings of satisfaction and oral health-related quality of life (QHRQoL), as well as other indicators, that is, pain, general health-related quality of life (e.

A digital approach for one-step formation of the supra-implant emergence profile with an individualized CAD/CAM healing abutment.

Purpose: This Technical Procedure describes a novel workflow for a one-step formation of the supra-implant emergence profile in the esthetic zone - the 'Digitally Flip Technique' (DFT).

Methods: After implant placement, a post-operative intra-oral optical scan (IOS) was performed to capture the final three-dimensional implant position. Based on the superimposition of the digitally slice-wise DICOM-segmentation of the digitally flipped (mirrored) contra-lateral tooth and the STL-file of the IOS, an individualized healing abutment was CAD/CAM-fabricated out of PMMA-based restoration material in a fully digital workflow and seated at the stage of reopening surgery.

Cost-benefit, cost-effectiveness and cost-utility analyses of periodontitis prevention.

Objective: The aim of this paper was to determine whether there is evidence that periodontitis prevention is economically justified.

Material And Methods: The characteristics of economic assessments such as cost-benefit, cost-effectiveness and cost-utility analyses were first derived from the literature on health economy. A literature search was conducted using PubMed up to December 2004.

Quality of dental implants.

Background: Clinicians need quality research data to decide which dental implant should be selected for patient treatment. AIM(S)/OBJECTIVE(S): To present the scientific evidence for claims of relationship between characteristics of dental implants and clinical performance.

Study Design: Systematic search of promotional material and Internet sites to find claims of implant superiority related to specific characteristics of the implant, and of the dental research literature to find scientific support for the claims.

[Digital subtraction radiography technique in oral diagnosis].

The introduction of digital subtraction radiography for the evaluation of standardised dental radiographs offered increased diagnostic accuracy in the detection of subtle density changes over interpretation of conventional radiographs. The digital imaging techniques for the analysis of dental radiographs were reviewed with emphasis on periodontal diagnosis. Recently, these methods, which have been extensively tested in vitro, were applied to clinical trials for the assessment of alveolar bone density changes due to progression of disease or healing following therapy.

Computer-assisted densitometric image analysis (CADIA) for the assessment of alveolar bone density changes in furcations.

The purpose of this study was to test the applicability of computer-assisted densitometric image analysis (CADIA) for the quantitative assessment of alveolar bone density changes in furcations of multirooted teeth. In 21 patients, standardized radiographs were obtained immediately after and at 1, 6 and 12 months after periodontal flap procedures. Digitized images were obtained by means of a video-camera combined with an image processor that was linked to a computer.