Effect of time-dependent ibuprofen administration on the post operatory after impacted third molar extraction: a cross-over randomized controlled trial.

Purpose: To evaluate time-dependent administration of ibuprofen in a lower third molar extraction model.

Methods: Eleven patients requiring bilateral surgical removal of lower third molars were recruited and randomized into a blinded crossover randomized controlled trial. For 3 days after surgery, the control group was prescribed ibuprofen 400 mg every 8 h.

Periosteal Pocket Flap technique for lateral ridge augmentation. A comparative pilot study versus guide bone regeneration.

Background: Implant rehabilitation of posterior mandibular defects is frequently associated to a horizontal bone loss. There exist several regenerative techniques to supply this bone deficiency, one of which is the Periosteal Pocket Flap Technique (PPF) proposed by Steigmann et al. to treat small horizontal bone defects.

Nasal Floor Elevation for Implant Treatment in the Atrophic Premaxilla: A Within-Patient Comparative Study.

Background: There is a lack of evidence regarding success of implants placed in atrophic premaxilla using the nasal floor elevation technique.

Purpose: This study aimed to compare implants placed in augmented bone in the anterior maxilla using the nasal floor elevation technique with implants placed in the maxillary sinus region using the sinus lift technique.

Materials And Methods: A within-patient controlled clinical trial was performed on 14 patients receiving 78 implants.

Membranes over the lateral window in sinus augmentation procedures: a two-arm and split-mouth randomized clinical trials.

Objective: This study evaluates whether or not, among other factors, membrane-coverage of antrostomy defects improves implant survival in sinus augmentation procedures.

Materials And Methods: We performed a two-arm and split-mouth randomized controlled clinical trial on 104 and 5 patients respectively. In the two-arm study, antrostomy defects were membrane-covered in 66 procedures and uncovered in 69, before placing a total of 265 implants that were followed up for 1 year.