Effect of soft tissue volume on midfacial gingival margin alterations following immediate implant placement in the esthetic zone: a 1-year randomized clinical and volumetric trial.

Background: The current trial evaluated the midfacial gingival margin changes, volumetric, radiographic and clinical alterations 1-year following immediate implant placement with customized healing abutment (IIP + CHA) either solely, or in combination with xenograft (IIP + Bonegraft) or with connective tissue grafting (IIP + CTG) at sites with thin labial bone in the esthetic zone.

Methods: Thirty-nine non-restorable maxillary teeth indicated for extraction in the esthetic zone were included. Participants were randomly assigned into three equal group; IIP + Bonegraft (Control), IIP + CTG and IIP + CHA.

Immediate Implant Placement in Intact Fresh Extraction Sockets Using Vestibular Socket Therapy Versus Partial Extraction Therapy in the Esthetic Zone: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Purpose: This randomized clinical trial aimed to assess esthetic and soft and hard tissue outcomes 6 months after immediate implant placement using vestibular socket therapy (VST) (test) versus partial extraction therapy (comparator) in intact thin-walled fresh extraction sockets in the esthetic zone.

Materials And Methods: Twenty-four patients with hopeless maxillary anterior teeth requiring immediate implant placement were randomly assigned to two equal groups to receive either VST or partial extraction therapy. Definitive restorations were delivered after 3 months.

A novel atraumatic extraction technique using vestibular socket therapy for immediate implant placement: a randomized controlled clinical trial.

Purpose: This randomized controlled clinical trial compared soft tissue changes following a novel vestibular atraumatic extraction technique (test group) versus the conventional incisal atraumatic extraction approach (control group) while implementing the vestibular socket therapy for immediate implant placement.

Methods: Thirty patients with hopeless maxillary anterior teeth requiring atraumatic extraction were randomly assigned into two equal groups to receive either test or control. Vertical soft tissue alterations in mm were measured at baseline and 12 months post-restoration using intraoral digital scans at three reference points, distal papilla, mid-facial gingival margin, and mesial papilla, as well as pink esthetic scores (PESs) after 12 months.

Diagnostic potential and future directions of biomarkers in gingival crevicular fluid and saliva of periodontal diseases: Review of the current evidence.

Objectives: The holy grail of biomarker research in periodontology is to develop a high impact diagnostics which have a significant impact on clinical decision-making, patient outcomes and healthcare providers. In the field of periodontal diagnostics, oral fluid-based biomarkers have been studied mainly in the gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) and saliva.

Methods: A literature search was performed using the Cochrane library and PubMed databases from 2000 to January 2017.

Racemization of aspartic acid in root dentin as a tool for age estimation in a Kuwaiti population.

Estimation of age is one of the most significant tasks in forensic practice. Amino acid racemization is considered one of the most reliable and accurate methods of age estimation and aspartic acid shows a high racemization reaction rate. The present study has investigated the application of aspartic acid racemization in age estimation in a Kuwaiti population using root dentin from a total of 89 upper first premolar teeth.