Publications by authors named "F Grecchi"

Objective: The study's purpose was to compare the quality of life (QoL) in oncologic patients treated with different rehabilitation protocols following maxillary tumor resections.

Patients And Methods: The patients were divided into three groups. Group A: 18 Patients with maxillary obturator prosthesis.

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Purpose: Medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaws has been reported to be associated with bisphosphonate and RANKL inhibitor medications. This prospective clinical study aimed to assess the outcomes of pre-operative ozone infiltration therapy in patients with established MRONJ.

Methods: The treatment protocol for ozone applications were designed as 20 applications ozone infiltration therapy followed by surgical interventions of necrotic tissue debridement using piezoelectric surgery instruments.

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Oral rehabilitation after maxillary oncological resection is challenging. This case report presents the rehabilitation of a 65-year-old Caucasian male adenoid cystic carcinoma patient using a myo-cutaneous thigh flap, zygomatic implant placement, and an immediate fixed provisional prosthesis made with computer-aided technologies. The patient presented complaints of asymptomatic enlarged swelling of 5-mm on the right hard hemi-palate.

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The oral rehabilitation of MRONJ patients represents a challenging situation. Conventional dental implant insertion is not indicated because of the risk of creating a new necrotic area. This case study describes the oral rehabilitation of a 78-year-old female patient, who developed an osteonecrotic lesion in the fourth year of bisphosphonate treatment.

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Objective: Zygomatic implant insertion surgery is a challenging operation. The primary aim of this pilot study was to assess the accuracy of EZgoma® "Inverted Support Technique" for the zygomatic implant-guided surgery. Secondly, any factors which may affect the surgical protocol results, such as implant-prosthetic virtual plan, surgical model matching, intra or post-operative complications, time rate between surgical procedure and prosthetic loading, zygomatic implant survival rate and implant success rate were analyzed.

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