Full-Mouth Rehabilitation Using a Tissue-Level Angled-Head Dental Implant System: A Retrospective Analysis with Long-Term Follow-Up.

Purpose: A new tissue-level implant design with angulations of 17, 30, and 45 degrees has been introduced to allow the use of the existing bone while maintaining the restorative platform at an angle to ensure an optimal functional and esthetic result for treatment of edentulous patients. The aim of this study was to measure implant survival, bone loss, and peri-implant health of the novel tissue-level angled-head dental implant system.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective analysis of cases from three private offices that were using the new implant system was performed.

Marginal Bone Loss of Dental Implants in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus with Poorly Controlled HbA1c Values: A Long-Term Retrospective Study.

Purpose: The objective of this study was to report implant survival rates, marginal bone loss, and the impact of prosthesis type among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DMT2), with high hemoglobin A1C (HbA1c) values.

Materials And Methods: This retrospective study utilized patient medical records from an oral surgeon's office. Patients who had moderately or poorly controlled DMT2 with HbA1c values up to 10% were reviewed.

Spontaneous mandibular fracture as a complication of inferior alveolar nerve transposition and placement of endosseous dental implants in the atrophic mandible: a review of the literature and a report of two cases and their nonsurgical conservative management.

Objectives: Severe atrophied edentulous posterior mandible with inadequate bone height superior to the inferior alveolar canal may require transposition of the inferior alveolar nerve in order to insert dental implants. Mandibular fractures are considered a rare complication of this procedure. Implant-related spontaneous fractures of the mandible represent 0.

Neurologic issues related to glucocorticoid use in oral surgery: memory and attention impairment in association with cannabis consumption.

The use of hormonal anti-inflammatory drugs is a common practice in oral and dental surgery. They have proven enhanced efficacy, increasing therapeutic success when the treatment is properly chosen and managed. However, given the complexity of neurophysiologic processes, little is known regarding the consequences of administering glucocorticoids on brain function.

Evaluation of 0.2% delmopinol mouth rinse for prevention of peri-implant mucositis and peri-implantitis: A randomized controlled canine study.

Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of 0.2% delmopinol mouth rinse in maintenance of peri-implant tissue health and prevention or inhibition of peri-implant mucositis and peri-implantitis.

Materials And Methods: Four weeks following tooth extraction, eight titanium dental implants, were placed in six dogs' mandibles.

Complications and Management of Implants Migrated into the Maxillary Sinus.

The article describes complications following dental implant dislocation into the maxillary sinus and their management and attempts to elucidate the reasons for these complications and their prevention. This retrospective study presents 55 cases of dental implant migration into the maxillary sinus. Patients were 30 men and 25 women with average age of 58 years.

Novel electrical conductivity device for osteotomy preparation for dental implants placement: A cadaver study.

Objectives: To evaluate the accuracy, safety, and anticipation effect of a novel electrical conductivity device (SG) in maxillary osteotomy preparation for placement of dental implants.

Materials And Methods: Thirty-seven osteotomies were prepared by three operators with different levels of expertise, using the SG protocol in the maxilla of six fresh frozen cadavers. A pre-op CT measurement of the length of bone in the desired implant location was taken and compared with the final length of the osteotomy created using SG during surgery.

Relationship Between Third Mandibular Molar Angulation and Distal Cervical Caries in the Second Molar.

Third lower molar partially erupted is commonly encountered in dental practice. This situation challenges clinicians with the dilemma whether to remove or to monitor it, because this molar can cause pathology of the adjacent second molar. The aim of this retrospective study is to evaluate the relationship between third mandibular molar and distal cervical caries in second molar.

Incidental findings of implant complications on postimplantation CBCTs: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Survival rates of dental implants are reported to be very high and seem to indicate minimal complications related to dental implants.

Purpose: The aim of this report was to evaluate in a cross-sectional study the prevalence of implant positioning complications as appears in postimplantation Cone-Beam Computerized Tomography (CBCT) in two of the major imaging facilities in Bucharest, Romania.

Methods: Demographic and implant data was collected from two of the three main CBCT facilities in Bucharest, Romania.

Comparison of Two Techniques for Lateral Ridge Augmentation in Mandible With Ramus Block Graft.

Unlabelled: The purpose of this manuscript was to assess mandibular ramus block grafts used for augmentation of mandibular posterior segments, followed by subsequent implant placement. Twenty-four human subjects in need of lateral ridge mandibular augmentation were included in the current patient series.

Inclusion Criteria: recipient site had at least 10-mm residual height, but less than 4.

Use of Implant-Derived Minimally Invasive Sinus Floor Elevation: A Multicenter Clinical Observational Study With 12- to 65-Month Follow-Up.

The aim of this study is to evaluate the performance of implant-derived minimally invasive sinus floor elevation. A multicenter retrospective study was performed in 5 dental clinics. Patients requiring sinus augmentation for single implant placement were recorded and followed up.

A Retrospective Analysis of Dental Implants Replacing Failed Implants in Grafted Maxillary Sinus: A Case Series.

Purpose: To evaluate the survival rate of dental implants replacing failed implants in grafted maxillary sinuses using the lateral approach vs nongrafted posterior maxillae.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted to study the survival of secondary dental implants inserted in the posterior maxilla in previously failed implant sites between the years 2000 and 2010. The study group consisted of patients who had also undergone maxillary sinus augmentation, and the control group consisted of patients in whom implants in the posterior maxilla had failed.

Segmental Dento-alveolar Intrusive Osteotomy in Posterior Maxilla with Lack of Inter-arch Distance for Prosthetic Rehabilitation. A Technique Combined with Sinus Floor Elevation.

Unlabelled: The aim of this paper is to present a technique for segmental dento-alveolar intrusive osteotomy in a posterior maxilla with lack of inter-arch distance for prosthetic rehabilitation combined with sinus floor elevation.

Methods: A full thickness flap is elevated exposing the lateral wall of the maxillary sinus. A lateral window is opened and the Schneiderian membrane elevated.

Nasal floor elevation combined with dental implant placement: a long-term report of up to 86 months.

Purpose: The aim of this paper is to present a large-scale long-term follow-up of dental implants placed simultaneously with nasal floor augmentation using osteoconductive bovine bone substitutes.

Materials And Methods: Patients who received dental implants combined with nasal floor elevation in three dental centers between 2006 and 2012 were included in this report. Preoperative available bone height was measured on computed tomographic scans.

Transition from hopeless dentition to full-arch fixed-implant-supported rehabilitation by a staged extraction approach: rationale and technique.

Transition from a hopeless dentition to a fixed-implant-supported full-arch reconstruction can be difficult for patients if wearing a transitional removable denture is involved. In addition, an increased risk for trauma to bone augmentation areas and to the implant-bone interface exists when using a removable transitional complete denture during the implant healing period; such risk can compromise implant success or increase crestal bone loss around implants before the final restoration. This article describes a treatment approach that allows replacement of the hopeless dentition with an osseointegrated fixed prosthesis, without rendering the patient totally edentulous before the delivery of the final implant-supported prosthesis.

Implant Tooth-Supported Removable Partial Denture with at Least 15-Year Long-Term Follow-Up.

Purpose: The aim of the present report is to describe the long-term follow-up of cases treated with implant tooth-supported removable partial denture (ITSRPD) after at least 15 years.

Materials And Methods: The study sample comprised 20 consecutively partially edentulous patients treated with ITSRPD. Implants were placed in order to improve unfavorable removable partial denture design resulting from unfavorable teeth distribution and biomechanical considerations, esthetic, or periodontal challenges.

Implant diameter and length influence on survival: interim results during the first 2 years of function of implants by a single manufacturer.

Objectives: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the influence of implant length and diameter on implant survival.

Methods: A retrospective cohort of 787 consecutive patients from 2 private practices between the years 2008 and 2011 had been evaluated. Patient demographics, site and implant characteristics, and time of follow-up were recorded from the medical files.

Flapless approach to maxillary sinus augmentation using minimally invasive antral membrane balloon elevation.

In the atrophic posterior maxilla, successful implant placement is often complicated by the lack of quality and volume of available bone. In these cases, sinus floor augmentation is recommended to gain sufficient bone around the implants. Sinus elevation can be performed by either an open lateral window approach or by a closed osteotome approach depending on available bone height.

Replacement of a molar with 2 narrow diameter dental implants.

Objectives: The aim of the present study was to present results of single molar area rehabilitated by 2 narrow diameter dental implants.

Methods: A retrospective cohort of 33 consecutive patients from 2 private practices between the years 2008 and 2009 had been evaluated. Patients who had a first molar single replaced by 2 narrow diameter implants (3 mm wide) were included in this case series.

Implant-prosthetic rehabilitation of the edentulous maxilla and mandible with immediately loaded implants: preliminary data from a retrospective study, considering time of implantation.

Purpose: This study sought to evaluate treatment outcomes of implant-prosthetic rehabilitation with implants in the edentulous maxilla or mandible that were immediately loaded by fixed prostheses. Special consideration was given to the time of implantation (immediate, delayed, or late implant placement).

Materials And Methods: Twenty-five patients who received 283 immediately loaded screw-type implants were included in this retrospective study.

Nasal floor elevation combined with dental implant placement.

Objectives: The aim of the present study was to report on the survival of dental implants placed in conjunction with nasal floor elevation.

Methods: A retrospective cohort of 32 consecutive patients from two private practices was evaluated. All patients presented with alveolar bone height deficiency in the anterior region, which was not sufficient to place a dental implant according to a computed tomography (CT) scan preformed prior to implantation.