Volumetric Evaluations of Full-Arch Implant Supported Restorations and Their Role on Patients' Quality of Life: A Mixed-Model Analysis.

Introduction: Full-arch, implant-supported hybrid restorations, employing tilted implants, can offer an efficient way of treating edentulous patients. Several factors, such as the timing of implant placement and the inclination of the fixture, can have a detrimental effect on their stability. This retrospective study is aimed at discerning the role played by those factors.

Flapless Localised Management of Sinus Floor (LMSF) for trans-crestal sinus floor augmentation and simultaneous implant placement. A retrospective non-randomized study: 5-year of follow-up.

Background: Trans-crestal sinus lift procedures are well established.

Purpose: to retrospectively analyse the efficacy of a flapless trans-crestal maxillary sinus floor elevation and simultaneous dental implant placement based on the Localised Management of Sinus Floor (LMSF) technique suitable for cases with sufficient width of keratinized tissue and of crestal bone but insufficient vertical dimensions of the bone below the sinus.

Materials And Methods: 71 sinus elevations with simultaneous implant placement were performed on 52 consecutive patients.

Comparison of Marginal Bone Loss Around Axial and Tilted Implants: A Retrospective CBCT Analysis of Up to 24 Months.

This clinical study retrospectively analyzed cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) images to determine the potential influence of implant inclination on peri-implant marginal bone loss after 18 to 24 months of functional loading. Twenty-five consecutive patients presenting with an edentulous or partially edentulous maxilla or mandible and an adequate bone volume for receiving oral implants were selected for analysis of the marginal bone loss around tilted and/or axial implants. The study population included patients rehabilitated with Toronto bridges (TBs), fixed partial dentures (FPDs), or single crowns (SCs) on axial and/or tilted implants.

Radiographic evaluation of crestal bone levels of delayed implants at medium-term follow-up.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the radiographic bone level changes after delayed implant placement at medium-term follow-up, with three elements kept constant: keratinized gingiva thickness, implant axes perpendicular to the opposing occlusal surface, and implants with a collar of 2 mm.

Materials And Methods: Patients treated in a private practice setting were retrospectively enrolled in the study. They underwent delayed placement (4 to 8 weeks after extraction) of dental implants in edentulous premolar or molar regions.

Localized management of sinus floor technique for implant placement in fresh molar sockets.

Background: The use of osteotome for vertical bone augmentation and localized sinus elevation with minimal surgical trauma represents a suitable procedure to increase the vertical dimension of available bone for implant placement.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to report clinical and radiographic results of localized management of sinus floor (LMSF) in fresh molar sockets at 13-year follow-up.

Materials And Methods: Fifty-three patients, needing one or two maxillary molar extraction, were enrolled in this study.