Angled dental implant placement into the vomer/nasal crest of atrophic maxillae for All-on-Four immediate function: a 2-year clinical study of 100 consecutive patients.

Purpose: To report on the use of angled implants placed into the vomer/nasal crest to support a complete-arch maxillary prosthesis.

Materials And Methods: Consecutive patients were treated with the All-on-Four concept to restore the maxillary dentition. When bone volume in the subnasal region was inadequate, angled implants were placed into the vomer/nasal crest area to support the restoration.

Occult peri-implant oroantral fistulae: posterior maxillary peri-implantitis/sinusitis of zygomatic or dental implant origin. Treatment and prevention with bone morphogenetic protein-2/absorbable collagen sponge sinus grafting.

Sinus floor grafting with bone morphogenetic protein-2 for transsinus implant placement or as a salvage technique for sinus-involved peri-implantitis has been found to be successful. Transsinus implants for All-on-Four treatment, zygomatic implants including quad zygomatics, and infected transsinus implants underwent peri-implant grafting, which was found to seal off the sinus cavity from the oral cavity in an effort to prevent or treat sinusitis/peri-implantitis.

Experience with bone morphogenetic protein-2 and interpositional grafting of edentulous maxillae: a comparison of Le Fort I downfracture to full-arch (horseshoe) segmental osteotomy done in conjunction with sinus floor grafting.

This paper is a retrospective report of the treatment of six patients with severely resorbed maxillae. Patients were treated, based on the amount of maxillary retrognathia, with either a Le Fort I downfracture or a "horseshoe" interpositional sandwich osteotomy, along with sinus elevation. Recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 in an absorbable collagen sponge carrier was used for grafting in all patients, either alone or in combination with other grafting materials.

Closure of 1.5-cm alveolar oral antral fistula with intra-alveolar sinus membrane elevation and bone morphogenetic protein-2/collagen graft followed by dental implant restoration: case report.

Closure of a 1.5-cm oral antral fistula was done in combination with sinus floor and extraction socket grafting using recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 within a collagen sponge matrix. The approach to the sinus was transalveolar, with elevation of the sinus membrane done through a molar extraction socket.

Orthognathic and osteoperiosteal flap augmentation strategies for maxillary dental implant reconstruction.

In this article, five variations in orthognathic surgery procedures used to gain bone mass for implants are discussed: Le Fort I downgrafting, Le Fort I distraction, sub-Le Fort I interpositional sandwich grafting, segmental sandwich grafting, and the island osteoperiosteal flap approach.

Orthognathic and osteoperiosteal flap augmentation strategies for maxillary dental implant reconstruction.

In this article, 5 variations in orthognathic surgery procedures used to gain bone mass for implants are discussed: Le Fort I downgrafting, Le Fort I distraction, sub-Le Fort I interpositional sandwich grafting, segmental sandwich grafting, and the island osteoperiosteal flap approach.

The all on 4 shelf: mandible.

The use of full arch alveolar reduction as an aide to doing All on 4 implant restoration in the mandible is presented. The osteoplasty is described as a flat "shelf" on which to place the restoration. The shelf approach is used to establish optimal implant position and angulation as well as to define anatomy to maximize implant fixation for immediate load prosthetics.

The All-on-4 shelf: maxilla.

All-on-4 treatment is facilitated by bone reduction to create prosthetic restorative space, establish maximum anterior posterior spread of implants, and to avoid pneumatized sites. Unlike a reduction alveloplasty for denture placement, the All-on-4 shelf enables optimal surgical prosthetic management of implant placement for the fixed hybrid prosthesis.

Island osteoperiosteal flap for alveolar bone reconstruction.

The island osteoperiosteal flap (I-flap) is introduced as a modified alveolar split bone grafting technique used to gain width and modify the facial or buccal bone plate position. Three case examples are shown as well as animal histology indicating the possible development of this new surgical procedure as an adjunct for alveolar augmentation and implant therapy.