A novel coded healing abutment for a simplified digital workflow: A retrospective clinical study on 103 patients with a one year follow-up.

Objectives: To present the clinical results obtained using a novel coded healing abutment (CHA).

Methods: We evaluated 103 patients with fixed implant-supported zirconia restorations (90 single crowns, 26 partial dentures, and 6 full arches) manufactured via computer-aided-design/computer-assisted-manufacturing and starting from the point of intraoral scans of novel CHAs (i-Physio®, LYRA-ETK, Sallanches, France). Patients were followed for one year.

Innovative 3D-Printed Titanium Specimens Favor a Modulation of Inflammation in Dental Pulp Stem Cells During Liposome-Triggered Mineralization.

Purpose: developing customized titanium specimens, with innovative surfaces, is a suitable strategy to overcome implant failure. Additionally, a faster and efficient osteogenic commitment assists tissue regeneration. To investigate the interplay between inflammation and differentiation upon implantation, Dental Pulp Stem Cells (DPSCs) were cultured on 3D-printed titanium owning an internal open cell form, administering osteogenic factors by a liposomal formulation (LipoMix) compared to traditional delivery of differentiation medium (DM).

A 3D in vitro model of biphasic calcium phosphate (BCP) scaffold combined with human osteoblasts, osteoclasts, and endothelial cells as a platform to mimic the oral microenvironment for tissue regeneration.

Objectives: This study aimed to develop an innovative 3D in vitro model based on the biphasic calcium phosphate (BCP) scaffold combined with human osteoblasts (hOBs), osteoclasts (hOCs), and endothelial cells to evaluate its effects on bone and vascular cells behavior.

Methods: To this end, an optimized mixture of hydroxyapatite (HA) and β-tricalcium phosphate (TCP) with a weight ratio of 30/70 was employed to develop a BCP scaffold using the computer-aided design (CAD) approach. The BCP scaffold was combined with primary cultures of hOBs, hOCs and human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs).

Cardiac Comorbidity and Exercise Intolerance in Bilateral Lung Transplant Recipients Followed at a Pediatric Center.

Reduced exercise capacity is common in young bilateral lung transplantation (Bi-LTx) recipients, but longer-term data on cardiac comorbidities are limited. We evaluate potential cardiac contributions to long-term exercise intolerance in this population. All Bi-LTx recipients at a single pediatric center, who completed routine clinical post-transplant cardiac assessment, including echocardiogram, cardiac exam, and cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET), were included.

Kidney sparing during surgical treatment of an adrenocortical carcinoma with renal vein invasion in a cat.

A 15-year-old domestic shorthair cat was presented with gastrointestinal signs, polyuria, polydipsia, and weakness. Abdominal bruit ("whooshing" sound from turbulent blood flow) and hypertension (systolic blood pressure: 200 mmHg) were present. A left adrenal gland mass was detected with abdominal ultrasonography; a subsequent CT examination identified a mass and a thrombus in the ipsilateral renal vein.