Clinical Performance of 170 Frictional Morse Taper Implants: 2 Years Follow-Up.

This study evaluated the clinical survival rates of 170 Morse taper implants through clinical and mechanical parameters in different therapeutic approaches such as single crowns, fixed partial prostheses, and fixed full-arch prostheses. Patients referred to the Center on Education and Research on Dental Implants from May 2017 to July 2018 with the indication for dental implant therapy, aged >18 years, without periodontal disease, recent evidence of inflammatory activity or other oral disorders, current pregnancy, uncontrolled diabetes mellitus or heavy smoking habit were included in this study. After 12 weeks of healing since the implants were placed in the mandible and after 16 weeks following implants placed in the maxilla, patients returned to the Center for prosthetic rehabilitation.

Removal Torque and Biofilm Accumulation at Two Dental Implant-Abutment Joints After Fatigue.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the removal torque and in vitro biofilm penetration at Morse taper and hexagonal implant-abutment joints after fatigue tests.

Materials And Methods: Sixty dental implants were divided into two groups: (1) Morse taper and (2) external hexagon implant-abutment systems. Fatigue tests on the implant-abutment assemblies were performed at a normal force (FN) of 50 N at 1.

Nasal Floor Elevation with Simultaneous Implant Placement: A Case Report.

Objective: The aim of this paper is to report a clinical case of nasal floor elevation and simultaneous dental implant placement.

Case Report: The patient presented to the clinic of the Center of Education and Research on Dental Implants (CEPID) in the Department of Dentistry at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC, Florianópolis, Brazil), for follow-up for peri-implantitis control. After clinical and radiographic assessment, two of three implants on anterior maxilla were removed.

Morphological Analysis of Dentin Surface after Conditioning with Two Different methods: Chemical and Mechanical.

Background: Alternative pretreatment strategies of dentin and adhesionare constantly being developed and studied with the goal of improving the adhesion of resin restorative materials with this tissue. The objectives of the present study were to evaluate the ability of airborne-particle abrasion (APA) with aluminum oxide on dentin to remove the smear layer and the effects produced on the dentin microstructure.

Materials And Methods: The phosphoric acid (PA) was used for a comparison.