Implant Placement With Graftless Sinus Floor Elevation via the Lateral Approach: A Case Series With 4 Years Post-Loading Radiographical Outcomes and Implant Survival Rate.

The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the radiographical outcomes, survival rate, and amount of bone formation around implants placed during graftless lateral sinus lift approach (GLSLA). Five patients (6 sinus augmentations) were consecutively treated with GLSLA. After Schneiderian membrane elevation and implant insertion, only blood clot was left to fill the new sinus compartment.

Implant placement with sinus floor elevation via the lateral approach using only absorbable collagen sponge: 12-month post-loading radiographical outcomes and implant survival rate.

Purpose: The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the radiographical outcomes and survival rate of implants placed during graftless lateral sinus lift approach (GLSLA) using an absorbable collagen sponge.

Materials And Methods: Fourteen patients (14 sinus augmentations) were consecutively treated with GLSLA. After Schneiderian membrane elevation and implant insertion, only collagen sponges were used to fill the new sinus compartment.

The pertinence of oral health indicators in nutritional studies in the elderly.

Background And Aim: Studies concerning the more appropriate criteria for evaluating oral health in relation to nutrition in the elderly vary greatly. There is a need to identify the most relevant criteria for classifying dental indicators of mastication in nutritional studies, so these indicators may be considered for epidemiological and clinical purposes. The aim of this study was to explore the associations between nutritional deficit and measures of oral health in a group of elderly.

Comparison of the OHIP-14 and GOHAI as measures of oral health among elderly in Lebanon.

Background: The respective abilities of the GOHAI and OHIP-14 to discriminate between aged patients with different levels of oral diseases have rarely been studied in developing countries. The aim of this study was to compare the discriminative abilities of the OHIP-14 and the GOHAI in an elderly Lebanese population, and particularly to identify persons with different masticatory function.

Methods: A sample of elderly, aged 65 years or more, living independently was recruited in two primary care offices in Beirut, Lebanon.

Perceptual changes in the peri-implant soft tissues assessed by directional cutaneous kinaesthesia and graphaesthesia: a prospective study.

Background: The innervation of skin and oral mucosa plays a major physiological role in exteroception. This innervation is also clinically relevant as sensory changes occur after neurosurgical procedures.

Purpose: The goal of this study was to compare the perception of mechanical stimuli applied to the buccal mucosa in the vicinity of osseointegrated oral implants with that in the controlateral dentate side.

[Amalgam, composites and compomers: a comparative histologic study of periodontal tissues (Part 2)].

Violation of the biologic width could induce different periodontal consequences depending on many factors such as the type of the restorative material used. In this study, the histological performance and the marginal adaptation of three filling materials (amalgam, composite resin and compomer) are evaluated after a period of three months. Class V cavities with apical margin located at the alveolar bone crest were prepared on Pointer dogs teeth and restored with these three materials.

[Amalgam, composites and compomers: comparative histologic study of effects on the periodontal tissues].

Amalgam, composite resin and compomer are frequently used in operative dentistry today. Earlier studies have shown the periodontal consequences induced by these materials if they have intracrevicular restorative margins. This study was performed on dogs where Class V cavities with apical margin located at the alveolar bone crest were prepared and restored with these materials.

Combined bone grafting and orthodontic treatment of an iatrogenic periodontal defect: a case report with clinical reentry.

Background: This case report discusses the treatment of an iatrogenic periodontal defect caused by an inadequate orthodontic appliance in a 9-year-old girl.

Methods: The multidisciplinary approach to this case consisted of periodontal treatment using a bone grafting technique to restore the 10 mm bone dehiscence. Three months later orthodontic treatment was initiated to straighten and level the central incisors.