Introduction: Rehabilitating a severely atrophic maxilla is a complex procedure. In case of severe resorption, zygomatic implants are indicated and loading of the implants at the end of the surgery is desirable. We present a new method by means of guided surgery for the placement of zygomatic implants, using specially designed metal templates that should be supported by bone.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn the past decade, several investigators have reported that implants inserted in autografts in the same operation (ie, simultaneously inserted implants [SIIs]) have achieved excellent results. However, no report regarding SIIs placed in fresh frozen bone (FFB) is available. Thus, the authors planned a retrospective study on a series of SIIs placed in homologue FFB (but not immediately loaded) to evaluate their clinical outcome.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn the last decade, some investigations have reported that the resorbable blast media surface (also named CaPO4 blasted implants [CaPO4-Bls]) has achieved excellent results. However, no report regarding CaPO4-Bls inserted into fresh frozen bone (FFB) is available. Thus, we planned a retrospective study on a series of CaPO4-Bls inserted into FFB to evaluate their clinical outcome.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: In the last decade, several investigators have reported that double etched implants have achieved excellent results. However, no report regarding double etched implants inserted into fresh frozen bone is available.
Aims: We planned to perform a retrospective study on double etched implants inserted into fresh frozen bone grafts.
Objective: In the previous decade, several reports have been published regarding implants inserted in autografts, but none have analyzed implants inserted in fresh-frozen bone allografts. Thus, a retrospective study was planned to verify if 4-months' delay from grafting to implant insertion is a safe period before prosthetic rehabilitation of implants placed in fresh-frozen bone allografts.
Method And Materials: Between December 2003 and December 2006, 22 patients (10 women and 12 men with a median age of 51 years) underwent grafting with horizontal augmentation without membrane and 88 implants inserted thereafter.
Purpose: In the last decade several studies have evaluated the clinical outcome of implants inserted into autografts and rehabilitated with fixed restorations in either one- or two-step surgical protocols. However, no study has investigated implants placed into homografts; thus, a case series analysis was performed to verify the clinical outcome of implants inserted into fresh frozen bone (FFB) and bearing fixed prosthetic restorations.
Materials And Methods: Fifty-eight patients underwent iliac crest homograft transplants and 238 implants were inserted.
Objective: In the last decade, several investigators have reported that standard length implants (SLIs) have achieved excellent results but no report regarding SLIs (i.e. SLI, length=13 mm) inserted into alveolar bone sites previously augmented with frozen bone (FB) is available.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn the last decade several studies have been performed to evaluate the clinical outcome of implants inserted into grafted mandibles with autologous bone, but none is available on mandibles grafted with fresh-frozen bone. Thus, we planned a retrospective study on a series of implants inserted into homologue fresh-frozen bone to evaluate their clinical outcome. Twenty-one patients were operated on, 28 onlay grafts were inserted into the mandible, and 63 implants placed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Oral Maxillofac Surg
February 2009
Purpose: In the last decade, several investigators reported that standard-diameter implants (SDIs) achieved excellent results. However, no report is available regarding SDIs inserted into fresh-frozen bone (FFB). We conducted a retrospective study on a series of SDIs (diameter, 3.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Several studies have been performed to evaluate the clinical outcome of implants inserted into maxillae grafted with autogenous bone but few reports have focused on maxillae grafted with fresh-frozen allogenous bone (FFAB).
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to retrospectively evaluate the clinical outcome of implants installed in resorbed maxillae augmented with FFAB.
Materials And Methods: A total of 69 patients whom had been treated with FFAB grafts to their maxillae and implant placement 4 to 6 months later were retrospectively evaluated.
In the case of severe jaw atrophy several options are available to restore the alveolar crest. Aim of the present study was to evaluate the resorption over time of homologous fresh frozen bone used to restore the alveolar ridge. Specifically factors influencing (1) graft survival, (2) type, and (3) degree of bone resorption were evaluated.
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