Bone Volume Assessment Around Immediate Dental Implant in the Esthetic Area with Immediate Tooth-Like Single Crown Provisionalization: A Laser and Computed Tomography 1-Year Retrospective Study.

Purpose: To examine the remodeling process of both the soft and hard tissue components of the postextraction socket around immediately loaded dental implants after tooth extraction in maxillary esthetic areas.

Materials And Methods: Subjects underwent immediate placement of single implants in postextraction sockets without bone grafting, and their immediate provisionalization with custom tooth-like interim crowns were fabricated using digital diagnostic impressions and a dental milling machine. Intraoperative and 1-year follow-up layered scans of the postextraction sockets after implantation were acquired using a 3D optical system.

Conventional avulsion versus less traumatic extraction of ankylosed roots with a magnetoelectric device in anterior maxillary areas.

The analysis aimed to compare two different single-tooth extraction surgical approaches in anterior maxillary areas of the ankylosed teeth: less traumatic magneto-electrical (mag) versus conventional tooth extraction (con) in minimizing the adverse effects on post-extractive sockets. Parameters of clinical interest such as intra-surgical fracture of the buccal bone plate, presence of postoperative inflammation, and application of stitches were acquired from medical records. The data were subjected to Pearson's χ analysis or to Fisher's exact test with significance at 0.

Bone assessment around the delayed dental implant with and without preformed anatomical caps: A 1-year retrospective case-control study.

Purposes: To investigate the amount of first-year peri‑implant bone loss and the development of the papillae when delayed dental implants loaded with anatomic cover screw and those underwent conventional healing protocol were compared.

Methods: Edentulous healed sites had undergone delayed implants placement. In the anatomical cap group, patients were treated with a guided tissue healing, tooth-like cross-linkable acrylic resin caps had been immediately screwed on dental implants.

Assessment of the alveolar bone loss in fresh socket implant procedures with immediate implant loading via temporary preformed anatomical healing caps: Comparison of two different lengths of the implant collar.

Purposes: The aim of the present clinical and radiologic retrospective study was to evaluate alveolar bone remodeling, in terms of alveolar width and peri‑implant bone level, two years after immediate implant positioning (with two different collar lengths, 0.8 mm and 2.0 mm) and loading of preformed healing cap.

Preformed customized healing abutments in a biologically oriented preparation technique procedure: a 3-year retrospective case-control study.

Aim: The objective of the present study was to determine the 3-year clinical and dimensional soft tissue change following implant placement in healed sites before and after loading with either customized or conventional healing abutments.

Materials And Methods: Premolar/molar implants were immediately loaded with either provisional and customized abutments without finishing lines according to the principles of the biologically oriented preparation technique (BOPT; test group) or conventional healing abutments (control group). Three months later, the definitive crowns were fabricated.

Specific use of the implant stability quotient as a guide to improve healing for patients who had undergone rehabilitation with fixed implant-supported dental prostheses.

Purposes: to develop a clinical approach to evaluating osteointegration around bone implants and try to determining which was the correct time of implant loading in different edentulous indications, that is, either properly positioned implants or implants "at risk", generally referred to as implants having increased probability of failure (namely those for which primary stability had been achieved via a time-consuming surgery).

Materials: Several implant-supported rehabilitation strategies, with or without bone augmentation procedures, were performed in the upper and lower arches: From 2 to 5 months following implant placement, the prosthetic restorations were performed. A resonance frequency analyzer allowed clinicians to measure intraoperative and postoperative implant stability, then the values of the implant stability quotient, ISQ, ranging from 0 to 100, were registered.

Clinical and radiographic evaluation of transalveolar two-step osteotome-mediated sinus floor elevation versus sinus augmentation with displacement of the palatal wall in lateral direction coupled to alveolar ridge split technique: A 3-year retrospective study.

Introduction: The present study aimed to examine the middle-term effects of transcrestal double-sinus elevation (TSFE) versus alveolar/palatal split expansion technique (APS) and simultaneous implant placement in the augmented sinus.

Null Hypothesis: there were no differences between groups.

Material & Methods: Magnetoelectric device was used for bone augmentation and expansion techniques in long-standing edentulous patients with a deficiency in vertical height in the posterior maxilla (3mm to 4mm residual bone height): TSFE group, or two-stage process with a first transcrestal sinus floor augmentation and a second sinus floor elevation with immediate implant placement; APS group, or "dual split and dislocation" of the two cortical bony plates towards the sinus and palatal side.

Immediate Implant and Customized Healing Abutment for a Periodontally Compromised Socket: 1-Year Follow-Up Retrospective Evaluation.

Immediate dental implant placement with or without immediate loading is reported in daily dentistry and implantology, but these procedures are not common in the case of periradicular and periapical lesions around the tooth needed to be replaced. In the following retrospective evaluation, 10 cases with a 1-year follow-up were selected to propose the technique of an immediate provisional non-loading prosthesis being delivered on the same day of the post-extraction implant placement in multiradicular teeth affected by chronic periradicular and periapical lesions. Post-extractive sockets underwent immediate dental implant placement by filling the empty space with sterile, re-absorbable gelatin sponges.

Volume assessment of the external contour around immediate implant with or without immediate tooth-like crown provisionalization: A digital intraoral scans study.

Purposes: To examine differences between immediate and delayed dental implant loading in maxillary aesthetic areas.

Methods: In this retrospective controlled analysis, 43 subjects who underwent immediate placement of the dental implant in a post-extraction socket were ranked into either immediate (24 implants loaded with non-occlusal tooth-like profile provisional prostheses fabricated by virtual diagnostic impressions and an in-office dental milling machine) or delayed group (19 implants loaded with conventional cover screws and secondary intention healing). Intraoperatively and then four months later, scans of the external layers were acquired with an optical scanner.

Changes in Alveolar Bone Width Following Immediate Implant and Fresh Socket Preservation with Xenogeneic Gap-Filling Material Versus Guided Tissue Healing with Anatomical Tooth-Shaped Caps: A 3-Year Retrospective Case-Control Study.

This study aimed to calculate the 3-year dimensional change in crestal bone width when dental implants placed in postextraction sockets underwent two alternative techniques for alveolar preservation. Fresh sockets that had undergone immediate implant placement were categorized into one of two groups depending on the procedure type. For the xenogeneic biomaterial grafted (BG) group, the gaps between the metallic implant surfaces and the bony walls were filled with corticocancellous porcine bone; in the anatomical cap group, in which patients were treated with guided tissue healing (GTH), cross-linkable acrylic resin caps were immediately screwed on the implants.

Lateral Displacement of Maxillary Sinus Palatal Wall: A 1-Year Retrospective Computerized Tomography Study.

Purpose: To examine the short-term outcomes of maxillary sinus augmentations consisting of laterally and apically displacing the palatal wall through a transcrestal approach.

Materials And Methods: The maxillary sinus floor was fractured in its palatal aspect by allowing a displacement in the buccal and apical direction with a magnetoelectric system. A medial displacement of the alveolar crest in its palatal bony plate was performed at the same time.

Guided Tissue Healing by Preformed Anatomical Healing Caps in the Edentulous Ridge: A 2-Year Retrospective Case-Control Study.

The present study evaluated the 2-year changes in soft tissue width after implant placement in healed sites, using two different methodologies to obtain tissue healing: preformed and anatomical abutment caps for customized healing (test) vs conventional healing abutments (control). The null hypothesis was that there would be no difference between the test group and the control group. Patients who suffered from a single-tooth edentulous area in the premolar/molar region were included.

A Retrospective Digital Analysis of Contour Changing after Tooth Extraction with or without Using Less Traumatic Surgical Procedures.

Background: The present retrospective analysis aimed to compare two different single tooth extraction surgical approaches in both premolar and molar areas: less traumatic magneto-electrical versus conventional tooth extraction in minimizing the edentulous ridge volume loss.

Methods: In the present retrospective control trial, 48 patients who underwent one-tooth extraction, were allocated either to control (28 sites treated with conventional tooth extraction procedures) or test group (20 subjects treated with less traumatic tooth extraction procedures by tooth sectioning and magnetoelectric roots subluxation). Intraoperatively (during tooth extraction surgery just after the subsequent filling of the alveolar socket with the sterile fast re-absorbable gelatin sponge), and then four months later, contours of the sockets were acquired through a laser intra-oral scanner.

Maxillary and Mandibular Split Crest Technique with Immediate Implant Placement: A 5-Year Cone Beam Retrospective Study.

Purpose: This study aimed to test the effectiveness and reliability of the alveolar ridge-splitting technique in atrophic posterior arches, investigating the middle-term volumetric and clinical outcomes.

Materials And Methods: Atrophic alveolar ridges in the maxillary and mandibular posterior areas were treated with the alveolar ridge-splitting/expansion technique (ARST), immediate implant placement, collagen sponges covering the defect, and healing by secondary intention. Areas were rehabilitated by fixed dental prostheses supported by dental implants.

Clinical and Radiographic Evaluation of Modified Transalveolar Two-Step Osteotome-Mediated Localized Maxillary Sinus Elevation: A Retrospective Computed Tomography Study with a 3-Year Follow-up.

Purpose: This study aimed to report a practicable and noninvasive two-stage technique for sinus elevation and delayed implant insertion in the augmented site with residual bone height down to 3 mm or even lower.

Materials And Methods: The surgical technique employed a two-stage process for rehabilitation of posterior maxillary single-tooth edentulous areas, involving, in the first step, transcrestal maxillary sinus floor augmentation with a collagen sponge to fill the intrabony cavity resulting from the detachment of the sinus membrane; the second step consisted of another indirect sinus floor elevation using magnetoelectric surgery with immediate implant placement and no grafting material. Changes in bone height were evaluated by a comparison of the computed tomography scans acquired before treatment and after surgery (at 3 months and 5 years of the survey).

Distal Displacement of Maxillary Sinus Anterior Wall Versus Conventional Sinus Lift with Lateral Access: A 3-Year Retrospective Computerized Tomography Study.

Background: The present study is designed to compare the outcomes of two sinus augmentation procedures: distal displacement of the anterior wall versus standard sinus lifting and grafting with a lateral window approach.

Methods: In the displacement group, a localized surgical fracture of the sinus floor achieved through an electromagnetic device results in the distal displacement of the anterior wall. In the filling group, sinus lifting (with lateral access) and grafting with particulate xenogeneic bone substitute was performed.

Effect of Different Timings of Implant Insertion on the Bone Remodeling Volume around Patients' Maxillary Single Implants: A 2-3 Years Follow-Up.

: To investigate the middle-term effect on bone remodeling of different timings for different implant placement (immediate versus delayed). : Patients with an anterior maxillary failing tooth were treated by single-crown supported by dental implant. Subjects were retrospectively analyzed for 3 years and assigned to one of two predictor groups: nine immediate versus 10 delayed implant placement (1-2 months after tooth extraction).

A 3-year retrospective study of fresh socket implants: CAD/CAM customized healing abutment vs cover screws.

Aim: To evaluate width loss of the alveolar ridge three years after implant placement in a fresh extraction socket following two different tissue healing methodologies: conventional healing procedure vs CAD/CAM technology for a customized healing abutment.

Materials And Methods: Post-extraction sockets underwent immediate dental implant placement without the voids being filled between the implant surface and the socket wall. Samples (one implant per patient) were retrospectively enrolled in each group according to the type of healing procedure: implants in the conventional group underwent standard closed healing with a cover screw, while in the customized group the healing abutment was immediately screwed onto the head of the implant, mimicking the look of the extracted tooth fabricated by CAD/CAM technology.

Bone Assessment in Grafted and Ungrafted Sockets After Dental Implant Placement: A 10-year Follow-up Study.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare success and outcomes among implants positioned either in grafted or ungrafted alveoli during 10 years of follow-up.

Materials And Methods: This retrospective analysis was conducted on data of subjects who underwent tooth extraction and alveolar ridge preservation. Sites, one per patient, were ranked into three groups: postextraction ungrafted alveoli, and postextraction grafted alveoli with either synthetic magnesium-enriched hydroxyapatite or porcine bone.

Customized vs Conventional Implant-Supported Immediate Provisional Crowns for Fresh-Socket Implant: A Medium-Term Cone Beam Computed Tomography Study.

Purpose: To measure the volume effect on maintaining a sealing around immediately rehabilitated dental implants in a comparison between customized and conventional provisional crowns at a 3-year follow-up.

Materials And Methods: A single crown supported by a dental implant was used as a rehabilitation strategy for a failing tooth. The primary predictor was the type of immediate restoration with custom or conventional provisional crowns; a secondary predictor was tooth position: incisor, canine, or premolar.

Effects of different loading protocols on the bone remodeling volume of immediate maxillary single implants: A 2- to 3-year follow-up.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of different loading protocols (immediate or delayed) on bone volume remodeling of an immediate implant-supported single crown in the maxilla with a follow-up from 2 to 3 years.

Materials And Methods: Patients presenting a failing tooth have been rehabilitated with implant-supported single crowns. Data of patients with a survey from 2 to 3 years after baseline surgery were retrospectively acquired.

Nonsurgical Treatment of Peri-implantitis Without Eliminating Granulation Tissue: A 3-Year Study.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate a nonsurgical approach toward peri-implantitis by means of mechanical debridement and local detoxification leaving granulation tissue into the peri-implant pockets.

Materials And Methods: An analysis was performed on the outcomes of 2 nonsurgical protocols: mechanical debridement plus chemical detoxification with 0.2% chlorhexidine and chlortetracycline hydrochloride (test), and mechanical debridement alone (control).

Midfacial Tissue Assessment of the Effect of Amount of Keratinized Mucosa on Immediate Temporarization of Fresh Socket Implants: 8-Year Follow-up.

The aim of the present study was to consider the long-term midfacial mucosal outcome around final prosthetic restorations on dental implants placed and loaded immediately after tooth extractions. A total of 42 patients requiring tooth extractions were recruited, and 142 teeth were extracted. Based on the amount of keratinized mucosa (KM), implants were categorized into group A (KM ≥ 2 mm; n = 61) or group B (KM < 2 mm; n = 62).

Prefabricated Bar System for Immediate Loading in Edentulous Patients: A 5-Year Follow-Up Prospective Longitudinal Study.

Objectives: The aim of this clinical study was to evaluate a new type of prefabricated bar system, supported by axial and tilted implants at 5-year follow-up.

Materials And Methods: Twenty-nine consecutive participants (19 females, 10 males) (mean age 61.4 years), edentulous in one or both jaws, with severe atrophy of the posterior regions, were treated according to the All-on-four® protocol with immediately loaded axial (64) and tilted (64) implants supporting complete-arch screw-retained prostheses (12 maxillary, 20 mandibular) featuring a prefabricated bar as framework.