Peri-implantitis induction and resolution around zirconia versus titanium implants.

Background: This study compared titanium and zirconia implant ligature-induced peri-implant defect progression and response to regenerative surgical intervention.

Methods: Eight tissue-level endosseous implants were placed in 6 mixed-breed foxhounds, with 2 zirconia and 2 titanium alternating in each hemimandible. Cotton ligatures were placed subgingivally for 16 weeks followed by 8 weeks of spontaneous progression.

Recruitment strategies and retention rates for five National Dental PBRN studies.

Background: We describe a retrospective assessment of practitioner and patient recruitment strategies, patient retention strategies, and rates for five clinical studies conducted in the National Dental Practice-Based Research Network between 2012 and 2019, and practitioner and patient characteristics associated with retention.

Methods: Similar recruitment strategies were adopted in the studies. The characteristics of the practitioners and patients are described.

Bone-Level Tapered Implants for Single Tooth Replacement: Immediate vs Delayed Placement-A Multicenter Randomized Controlled, 1-Year, Non-inferiority Clinical Study.

Purpose: To compare the outcomes of immediate and delayed implant placement with bone-level tapered implants.

Materials And Methods: In this post-market, multicenter prospective randomized controlled study with a primary endpoint of 1 year, 53 patients were randomized to receive either immediate implant placement (test group) or delayed implant placement (control group). The mean crestal bone level changes from implant loading to 12 months postloading were measured using standardized digital periapical radiographs.

Prediction of internalizing and externalizing symptoms in late childhood from attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms in early childhood.

Limited analyses based on national samples have assessed whether early attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms predict later internalizing and externalizing symptoms in youth and the influence of sex and pubertal timing on subsequent psychiatric symptoms. This study analyzed data ( = 2818) from the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes Program national cohort. Analyses used data from early childhood (mean age = 5.

Comparison of comprehensive quantitative EEG metrics between typically developing boys and girls in resting state eyes-open and eyes-closed conditions.

Introduction: A majority of published studies comparing quantitative EEG (qEEG) in typically developing (TD) children and children with neurodevelopmental or psychiatric disorders have used a control group (e.g., TD children) that combines boys and girls.

Characteristics of dentists in the National Dental Practice-Based Research Network.

Objectives: Our aims are to describe the characteristics of dentists, members of the US National Dental practice-based research network (PBRN) in the United States, and determine how often these dentists provide specific dental procedures.

Methods: Dentists completed a questionnaire when they enrolled in the Network about their demographic and training characteristics and characteristics of their practices and patients. Dentists also reported the frequency of providing specific dental procedures.

Perinatal Factors and Emotional, Cognitive, and Behavioral Dysregulation in Childhood and Adolescence.

Objective: This cohort study assessed perinatal factors known to be related to maternal and neonatal inflammation and hypothesized that several would be associated with emotional, cognitive, and behavioral dysregulation in youth.

Method: The Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) is a research consortium of 69 pediatric longitudinal cohorts. A subset of 18 cohorts that had both Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) data on children (6-18 years) and information on perinatal exposures including maternal prenatal infections was used.

Effect of Emotional Valence on Emotion Recognition in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

This study investigated how emotional valence of a perceived emotional state impacted performance on the Reading the Mind in the Eyes task (RMET) in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and typically developing (TD) controls. Valence of items on the RMET, Adult (RMET-A) and Child (RMET-C) versions, was first classified in a survey of 113 medical students. Adolescents with ASD (N = 33) and TD adolescents (N = 30) were administered both RMET versions.

The feasibility and utility of hair follicle sampling to measure FMRP and FMR1 mRNA in children with or without fragile X syndrome: a pilot study.

Background: Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is the most common inherited cause of intellectual disability in males and the most common single gene cause of autism. This X-linked disorder is caused by an expansion of a trinucleotide CGG repeat (> 200 base pairs) on the promotor region of the fragile X messenger ribonucleoprotein 1 gene (FMR1). This leads to the deficiency or absence of the encoded protein, fragile X messenger ribonucleoprotein 1 (FMRP).

Association of prenatal modifiable risk factors with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder outcomes at age 10 and 15 in an extremely low gestational age cohort.

Background: The increased risk of developing attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in extremely preterm infants is well-documented. Better understanding of perinatal risk factors, particularly those that are modifiable, can inform prevention efforts.

Methods: We examined data from the Extremely Low Gestational Age Newborns (ELGAN) Study.

Structure, function, and productivity from the National Dental Practice-Based Research Network.

Introduction: Following inception in 2005 as a multiregional practice-based research network (PBRN), the "National Dental PBRN" expanded nationwide in 2012, and in 2019 implemented additional organizational changes. The objectives are to: (1) describe the new structure and function of the network; and (2) quantify its scientific productivity since 2005.

Methods: A national Administrative and Resource Center is based in Alabama; regional and specialty nodes are based in Alabama, Florida, Illinois, Minnesota, Oregon, New York, and Texas.

Implications of considering peri-implant bone loss a disease, a narrative review.

Background: Peri-implantitis has been suggested to cause significant increasing proportions of implant failure with increasing time.

Purpose: To assess whether implant failure rates in long term studies are matching the supposed high prevalence of peri-implantitis.

Material And Methods: This paper is written as a narrative review of the long-term clinical investigations available in the literature.

Stability of contour augmentation of implant-supported single crowns in the esthetic zone: One-year cone-beam computed tomography results of a comparative, randomized, prospective, two-center clinical study using two different bone grafting techniques in early implant placement.

Background: Early implant placement with contour augmentation could provide support and volume to the hard and soft tissues. Herein, we aimed to ascertain whether freeze-dried bone allograft (FDBA) shares with deproteinized bovine bone material (DBBM) the results for esthetic outcomes for anterior teeth and stability of peri-implant facial bone thickness and height by conducting guided bone regeneration.

Methods: Forty-eight patients were randomly assigned into two groups.

Twelve-month evaluation of a novel mineral-organic adhesive material used to stabilize dental implants placed in oversized osteotomies in vivo in an animal model.

Objectives: The aim of this study is to evaluate long-term in vivo stability of dental implants stabilized at time of placement in oversized osteotomies with a novel, self-setting, mineral-organic bone adhesive.

Materials/methods: Canine (26) mandibular teeth were removed, and three oversized osteotomies prepared bilaterally. Implants were placed with either adhesive, particulate xenograft, or with blood clot filling the implant/osteotomy gaps.

Psychiatric Outcomes, Functioning, and Participation in Extremely Low Gestational Age Newborns at Age 15 Years.

Objective: To evaluate the prevalence, co-occurrence, sex differences, and functional correlates of DSM-5 psychiatric disorders in 15-year-old adolescents born extremely preterm.

Method: The Extremely Low Gestational Age Newborns (ELGAN) Study is a longitudinal study of children born <28 weeks gestation. At age 15, 670 adolescents completed the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview for Children and Adolescents (MINI-KID), the Youth Self-Report, a disability scale of participation in social roles, and cognitive testing.

Radiographic evaluation of a novel bone adhesive for maintenance of crestal bone around implants in canine oversized osteotomies.

Background: A novel bone adhesive (tetracalcium phosphate and O-phospho-L-serine) has been developed as an osteoconductive, biodegradable bone-adherent material. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the maintenance of crestal bone/material level by standardized radiographs.

Methods: This was a randomized, controlled, three arm, prospective study.

Risk assessment of labial bone perforation in the anterior mandibular region: a virtual immediate implant placement study.

Background: This study investigated the prevalence of labial bone perforation (LBP) related to the associated anatomic factors in anterior mandibular region using a virtual immediate implant placement procedure.

Methods: Series qualified CBCT images of 149 participants (894 teeth) were selected to analyze the assigned anatomical parameters, including concavity depth, concavity angle, torque, and deep bone thickness. Four classes of crestal and radicular dentoalveolar bone phenotypes (CRDAPs) of mandibular anterior teeth were categorized according to the thickness of dentoalveolar bone at both crestal and radicular zones.

Biomarkers Based on Comprehensive Hierarchical EEG Coherence Analysis: Example Application to Social Competence in Autism (Preliminary Results).

Electroencephalography (EEG) coherence analysis, based on measurement of synchronous oscillations of neuronal clusters, has been used extensively to evaluate functional connectivity in brain networks. EEG coherence studies have used a variety of analysis variables (e.g.

Pediatric Robotic Adrenalectomy for Virilizing Adrenal Tumor in a 4-year-old Female.

Adrenocortical tumors in children are rare, with approximately 90% of children presenting with endocrine syndromes, most commonly virilization. The standard treatment remains an open resection, although there is increasing use of the minimally invasive approach. With the advent of robotic surgery, its advantages over open and conventional laparoscopy make it a viable option in select patients.

Preclinical evaluation of a 3D-printed hydroxyapatite/poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) scaffold for ridge augmentation.

Background/purpose: Supracrestal ridge augmentation (SRA) is a major challenge for clinicians. This study investigated the efficacy of a 3D-printed (3DP) hydroxyapatite/poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (HA/PLGA) scaffold as a potential biologic for SRA.

Methods: Scaffolds that were 5 mm in diameter and 2.

Framework for a Community Health Observing System for the Gulf of Mexico Region: Preparing for Future Disasters.

The Gulf of Mexico (GoM) region is prone to disasters, including recurrent oil spills, hurricanes, floods, industrial accidents, harmful algal blooms, and the current COVID-19 pandemic. The GoM and other regions of the U.S.

Citation Characteristics of H-Classics Articles in Implant Dentistry: A Citation Analysis Using H-Classics Method.

Purpose: Citation-based metrics, such as the H-classics method, have been used as an indicator to assess academic performance in the scientific community. However, information addressing issues regarding self-citation, citation half-life, and subject area of origin in implant dentistry is lacking. The purpose of this study was to investigate the citation characteristics of H-classics articles in implant dentistry throughout different time periods.