CAD/CAM Titanium Meshes for GBR: A Case Series with Preliminary Histologic Analysis.

Titanium has been proposed as a mesh material for guided bone regeneration (GBR) since the 1990s. To overcome difficulties in shaping and adapting meshes to the defect, digital techniques were introduced to digitally print meshes capable of fitting the bone perfectly, reproduced through the patient's CT scan. Five patients were included in this case series, and their CBCT data were acquired and sent to the producer of the titanium meshes.

Biofilm Formation on Dental Implant Surface Treated by Implantoplasty: An In Situ Study.

Peri-implantitis is a biofilm-related disease whose characteristics are peri-implant tissues inflammation and bone resorption. Some clinical trials report beneficial effects after implantoplasty, namely the surgical smoothening of the implant surface, but there is a lack of data about the development of the bacterial biofilm on those smoothened surfaces. The aim of this study is to evaluate how implantoplasty influences biofilm formation.

Laser microtextured titanium implant surfaces reduce in vitro and in situ oral biofilm formation.

Introduction: Micro- or nano-topography can both provide antimicrobial properties and improve osseointegration of dental implant titanium surfaces. Laser treatment is one of the best surface microtexturing techniques. The aim of this study was to evaluate in vitro and in situ biofilm formation on a laser-treated titanium surface, comparing it with two conventional surfaces, machined and grit-blasted.

Retrospective analysis of the prevalence of peri-implant diseases in non-smoking patients rehabilitated with a fixed full-arch restoration, supported by two mesial axial and two distal tilted implants.

Background: The objective of the study was to evaluate the prevalence of peri-implant mucositis and peri-implantitis in non-smoking patients rehabilitated with a fixed prosthesis supported by two axial and two tilted implants.

Methods: Forty-three patients with a total of 49 rehabilitations were included in the study. Each patient was included in a follow-up schedule consisting in a visit every six months during the first two years and every year thereafter in which professional oral hygiene was performed and data about bleeding on probing, probing depth and bone resorption were collected.

Tilted implants for full-arch rehabilitations in completely edentulous maxilla: a retrospective study.

Purpose. The aims of this study were to assess the treatment outcome of immediately loaded full-arch fixed bridges anchored to both tilted and axially placed implants in the edentulous maxilla and to evaluate the incidence of biological and prosthetic complications. Materials and Methods.

Evaluation of clinical outcomes and bone loss around titanium implants with oxidized surface: six-year follow-up results from a prospective case series study.

Purpose: The aim of this prospective study was to assess long-term clinical outcomes and peri-implant bone level changes around oxidized implants supporting partial fixed rehabilitations.

Materials And Methods: Twenty-two partially edentulous patients were included in the study. A total of 33 fixed rehabilitations were placed, supported by 54 titanium implants with oxidized microtextured surface.