Passive fit and time efficiency for prefabricated versus conventionally constructed cobalt chromium CAD\CAM 3-unit implant supported frameworks in free end saddle models: a pilot invitro study.

Background: The passive fit of 3-unit implant supported prefabricated metal screw-retained prosthesis before implant placement might be difficult. Hence, we aim to evaluate the passive fit and time efficiency of CAD/CAM 3-unit implant supported fixed prostheses that were constructed based on virtual versus those based on actual implant positions in Kennedy Class I models.

Methods: A sample of 5 Kennedy class I models with thin wiry ridges were restored by 20 frameworks bilaterally, 10 based on actual (group A) and 10 based on virtual (group V) implant positions.

Soft and hard tissue evaluation for vestibular socket therapy of immediately placed implants in infected and non-infected sockets: a 1-year prospective cohort study.

Background: Immediate implant placement using vestibular socket therapy (VST) proved to offer a successful treatment option in compromised sockets. However, the presence of active signs infection complicates immediate implants in sockets with defective labial plates, due to the possible contamination of the implant or the bone graft with existing infected tissues or oral environment via the fistula. This study, therefore, aims to explore the success of immediate implant placement using VST in managing infected compromised sockets.

Deviation parameters of intraoral scanning with and without artificial markers versus conventional impression of total, partial and congenital nasal defects: A pilot non-randomized clinical trial.

Purpose: This pilot clinical trial aimed to investigate accuracy of intra-oral scanning (IOS) with and without artificial reference markers in capturing total, subtotal and congenital nasal defects.

Basic Procedures: Thirteen patients with 3 types of nasal defects were selected and digitally scanned using an IOS with (ScM) and without artificial markers (Sc). Patients were grouped as follows; Group T (total nasal defect), Group P (partial/subtotal nasal defect), Group C (congenital defect).

THE PRESENCE OF FLUIDS IN THE PARANASAL SINUSES MIGHT COMPLEMENT OTHER POST-MORTEM DIAGNOSTIC METHODS TO CONFIRM OR REFUTE DROWNING AS THE CAUSE OF DEATH.

Article Title And Bibliographic Information: da Trindade RQ, Vieira MG, Vieira RB, Vicentin-Junior CA, Damascena NP, Santiago BM, Martins-Filho PR, Machado CE. The role of paranasal sinus fluid in determining drowning as the cause of death: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J forensic Leg Med.

LIMITED EVIDENCE SUGGESTS IMPLANT PLACEMENT IS A VIABLE OPTION IN IRRADIATED HEAD AND NECK CANCER PATIENTS.

Article Title And Bibliographic Information: Schiegnitz E, Reinicke K, Sagheb K, König J, Al-Nawas B, Grötz KA. Dental implants in patients with head and neck cancer-A systematic review and meta-analysis of the influence of radiotherapy on implant survival. Clinical oral implants research.