Evaluation of mandibular implant-supported fixed prosthesis retained by 3 dental implants, 1 straight and 2 angled: A retrospective clinical study.

Statement Of Problem: The minimum number of implants to support fixed complete dentures is still unclear.

Purpose: The purpose of this retrospective clinical study was to evaluate the survival rate of fixed complete dentures supported by 3 immediately loaded implants opposing maxillary complete dentures.

Material And Methods: A retrospective study of edentulous patients rehabilitated with complete dentures opposing mandibular metal-resin implant-supported fixed complete dentures supported by 3 immediately loaded implants was conducted in a 48-hour protocol.

Does the natural maxillary dentition influence the survival rate of mandibular metal-resin implant-supported fixed complete dentures? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Statement Of Problem: Consensus is lacking regarding the influence of the maxillary dentition on the survival rate of a mandibular metal-resin implant-supported fixed complete denture (MRISFCD) with distal cantilevers.

Purpose: The purpose of this systematic review was to identify whether an opposing natural dentition influences the survival rate of mandibular MRISFCDs.

Material And Methods: A literature search was performed up to February 2018 from MEDLINE/PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, BBO/LILACS databases and also in the non-peer-reviewed literature through Open Grey.

Prosthetic rehabilitation in a pediatric patient with hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia: a case report.

Hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia (HED) is a rare ectodermal disease with a systemic expression. Oral abnormalities are common and may include hypodontia and shape irregularities in the primary and permanent dentitions. Rehabilitation of the dental arches in pediatric patients with HED is a challenge because HED is a multifactorial disease that demands a complicated treatment approach and most dentists have limited experience or training in the necessary treatment.

The effect of titanium topography features on mesenchymal human stromal cells' adhesion.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of two kinds of dental implants surfaces with their own characteristics on human marrow stromal cells' adhesion.

Material And Methods: Fifty-six titanium discs (28 machined and 28 acid etched) were used. Machined (MS) and acid-etched surfaces (ES) were analyzed using a scanning electron microscope, energy dispersing spectroscopy (EDS), contact angle analysis and human marrow stromal cells' culture.