Survival analysis and clinical evaluation of implant-retained prostheses in oral cancer resection patients over a mean follow-up period of 10 years.

Statement Of Problem: Dental implants have been increasingly used for prosthodontic rehabilitation of patients following oral tumor resection and postsurgical radiotherapy. However, only a few long-term studies have examined the implant survival rate and other factors related to prosthodontic treatment in oral tumor resection patients.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the long-term survival of dental implants and implant-retained prostheses in oral cancer resection patients.

Clinical evaluation of endosseous implants in nonvascularized fibula bone grafts for reconstruction of the severely atrophied mandibular bone.

Purpose: The purpose of the present study was to assess changes in graft height after augmentation of the severely atrophied mandibula with the use of avascular fibula bone grafts, as well as evaluation of the clinical success of endosseous implants placed in the grafted mandibula.

Patients And Methods: This retrospective study included 10 patients with a mean observation period of 31 months (range, 3 to 76 months). A total of 40 implants were placed.

Individual CAD/CAM fabricated glass-bioceramic implants in reconstructive surgery of the bony orbital floor.

Background: The aim of the study was to present a set of preliminary cases from an ongoing program of reconstructive procedures using a new technique in the treatment of severe enophthalmos and diplopia after the primary treatment of orbital floor fractures had rendered insufficient results.

Methods: Glass-bioceramic implants were shaped from computed tomography coordinates with computer-assisted design and computer-assisted manufacturing. In this prefabrication process, the implants were milled individually out of a solid block of Bioverit II (3di Gmbh, Jena, Germany).