Publications by authors named "Luis Armando Vila Sierra"
Short and ultra-short (<6-mm) locking-taper implants supporting single crowns in posterior areas (part II): A 5-year retrospective study on periodontally healthy patients and patients with a history of periodontitis.
Clin Implant Dent Relat Res
August 2022
Background: Short and ultra-short implants implants supporting single crowns seem to demonstrate high percentages of survival and stable marginal bone levels at a mid-term follow-up. Nevertheless, insurgence of peri-implant complications still represents a critical issue, especially for patients with history of periodontitis.
Purpose: The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate implant survival, marginal bone loss and peri-implant complications in 333 short and ultra-short implants, placed in periodontally healthy patients and patients with a history of periodontitis.
Introduction And Aim: In case of peri-implantitis, resective surgery is contraindicated for short and ultrashort implants, limiting the treatment options to regenerative surgery or to implant removal. This retrospective case series presents the clinical and radiographic outcomes of a surgical regenerative procedure to treat peri-implantitis around short and ultrashort implants.
Materials And Methods: The study is a retrospective evaluation of patients suffering from peri-implantitis and those who underwent access flap surgery, concomitant chemical and mechanical decontamination of implant surface, and bone grafting using a self-hardening mixture of bone substitutes and biphasic calcium sulfate.
Article Synopsis
- This study looked at how things like money, career choice, and other factors affect stress levels in dental students in Colombia.
- It included 5,700 students from 17 dental schools and used a special questionnaire to gather information.
- Results showed that fear of failing was the biggest stress factor, and male students felt less stress than females, with those who chose dentistry first having lower stress overall.