Development of a surgical guide for minimally invasive corticotomies with a complete digital intraoral and laboratory workflow.

Aim: Surgically facilitated orthodontic treatment is increasingly being used, especially for adults, to facilitate tooth movements and reduce the duration of orthodontic treatment. The present article reports on an innovative, safe, and minimally invasive technique to perform flapless corticotomies using a dedicated surgical guide produced with a complete digital intraoral and laboratory workflow.

Materials And Methods: A 51-year-old man presented with maxillary and mandibular anterior crowding.

Risk Factors in Early Implant Failure: A Meta-Analysis.

Background: Clinicians should be able to weigh the role of the main risk factors associated with early implant failure.

Purpose: The aim of this meta-analysis was to assess the influence of different patient-related and implant-related risk factors on the occurrence of early implant failure.

Materials And Methods: In July, 2014 the main electronic databases were searched for studies reporting on early failures.

The role of topical simvastatin on bone regeneration: A systematic review.

Objectives: The aim of this systematic review was to summarize the results concerning the use of simvastatin for promoting bone regeneration and to discuss the level of scientific evidence supporting such findings.

Material And Methods: A Pubmed search using "Simvastatin"[Mesh] AND "Bone Regeneration"[Mesh] as Boolean operators was constrained to the last 10 years and only included papers written in English.

Results: Of the 41 relevant papers reviewed, most of them (76.

Comparison of clinical performance of zirconia implants and titanium implants in animal models: a systematic review.

Purpose: This study aimed to compare the values of removal torque (RT) and bone-implant contact (BIC) reported in different animal studies for zirconia and titanium implants.

Materials And Methods: A systematic review of the literature was performed to analyze BIC and RT of animal studies in which both zirconia and titanium dental implants were used. To identify the studies to include in this systematic review, an exhaustive search of PubMed was performed of animal studies published in English with reports on the quantification of the osseointegration of both titanium and zirconia implants by means of BIC and/or RT.

Clinical evaluation of the incidence of prosthetic complications in implant crowns constructed with UCLA castable abutments. A cohort follow-up study.

Objectives: To evaluate the incidence of prosthetic complications in implant-retained crowns made with UCLA castable abutments and to identify possible risk factors with a view to establishing recommendations to help predict the success of such restorations.

Methods: A cohort follow-up study was carried out in 71 partially dentate patients rehabilitated with 93 implant-retained single crowns. Data regarding socio-demographic background, anatomical features, implant-, and prosthesis-related variables were recorded.