Publications by authors named "L Pinas"
Low-speed drilling without irrigation has a long history of use in implant dentistry. It provides the advantage of avoiding the wash-out of proteins and biomolecules from the bone. In this case report, we describe the novel use of this drilling protocol in the preparation of bone alveolus during the procedure of tooth autotransplantation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe use of plasma rich in growth factors (PRGF) is a treatment for erosive oral lichen planus (OLP) resistant to steroid therapy. An anonymous database at a clinical center was reviewed to collect demographic data, lesion type, treatment protocol, number of infiltrations, pain score, and healing time of the lesions. Fifteen patients were included in this study.
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- The study evaluates the success of dental implants placed after nasal floor elevation procedures compared to those without grafting, using a systematic review of 12 articles involving 151 patients and 460 implants.
- The results showed a high survival rate of 97.64% after an average follow-up of 32.2 months, with no significant differences found between various treatment methods and materials.
- However, due to variability in study design and a lack of randomized studies, the overall evidence quality was considered low, suggesting a cautious interpretation of the findings.
Mucous membrane pemphigoid (MMP) is a heterogeneous group of chronic autoimmune subepithelial blistering diseases. Oral involvement is present in almost all patients, may represent the onset of the disease, and causes different degrees of pain, dysphagia, soreness, and bleeding. Treatment is based on systemic and/or oral corticoids, or other immunosuppressants.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: This review is aiming on identifying the ideal implant-prosthetic treatment design in patients with OLP.
Methods And Results: A systematic review was conducted using four electronic databases; Medline (PubMed), Cochrane library, DOAJ and SCOPUS, following the PRISMA statement recommendations to answer the PICO question: "which implant-prosthetic treatment design is most useful to ensure implant survival in OLP patients?". The study was pre-registered in PROSPERO (CRD 42020220102).