Perioperative auricular electroacupuncture has no effect on pain and analgesic consumption after third molar tooth extraction.

Background: Auricular acupuncture (AA) has been shown to alleviate acute and chronic pain. We investigated the effects of auricular electroacupuncture (AE) on pain and analgesic drug consumption in the first 48 h after unilateral mandibular third molar tooth extraction under local anesthesia in a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study in 149 patients.

Methods: Patients received either AA with electrical stimulation (AE, n = 76) or without (AA, n = 37) electrical stimulation at an alternating frequency of 2/100 Hz or a sham AE with metal plates instead of needles and no electrical stimulation, no-needle (NN, n = 36) at the AA points 1 (tooth), 55 (Shen men) and 84 (mouth) during the entire study period.

Soluble RANKL in crevicular fluid of dental implants: a pilot study.

Background: Receptor activator of NF-kappaB ligand (RANKL), a member of the tumor necrosis factor superfamily, is a key mediator of osteoclast formation, activation, and survival. Thus, it is reasonable to hypothesize that there might be a functional relationship between RANKL expression and peri-implantitis.

Purpose: This pilot study was performed to determine the reference levels for soluble RANKL (sRANKL) in peri-implant crevicular fluid and to correlate them with the clinical parameters associated with inflammatory reactions and bone destruction.

Cathepsin K levels in the crevicular fluid of dental implants: a pilot study.

Objective: To determine the concentration of cathepsin K secreted into the crevicular fluid around dental implants and its correlation with clinical parameters of healthy implants and implants showing clinical signs of peri-implantitis.

Material And Methods: Nineteen patients with 40 implants with and without peri-implantitis were enrolled in the study. Peri-implantitis was diagnosed by the pocket probing depth (PD), the modified bleeding index (MBI), the modified plaque index (MPI) and by radiographic signs of bone loss.

Bony press-fit closure of oro-antral fistulas: a technique for pre-sinus lift repair and secondary closure.

Purpose: To evaluate the use of intra-oral bone grafts for closing chronic oro-antral fistulas (OAFs), for providing a sound basis for subsequent conventional sinus lifting and for preserving the teeth adjacent to OAFs.

Patients And Methods: Twenty-one patients with oro-antral fistulas of variable origin were treated with monocortical bone blocks harvested from the retromolar or interforaminal regions of the mandible. The preoperative treatment, the surgical procedure for both hard and soft tissue closure, and the postoperative management are reviewed in detail.

The effect of platelet-rich plasma upon implant stability measured by resonance frequency analysis in the lower anterior mandibles.

Using a one-stage surgical protocol, a total of 34 Brånemark Mk-III Ti-Unite implants with a length of 13 mm and a diameter of 3.75 mm were inserted in 10 edentulous mandibles. Of these, seven patients received four and three patients two interforaminal implants.

Representative marketing-oriented study on implants in the Austrian population. II. Implant acceptance, patient-perceived cost and patient satisfaction.

Oral implantology is an established subspecialty of restorative dental and oral surgery. While an extensive body of evidence on the fundamentals of osseointegration and associated factors has been published, marketing-oriented analyses based on representative public opinion polls of implant acceptance, patient-perceived cost and patient satisfaction are scarce. In this study, an attempt was made to address these points by questioning a representative sample of 1000 adults in the household setting.