Histoplasmosis Associated With Bat Guano Exposure in Cannabis Growers: 2 Cases.

is a pathogenic dimorphic fungus with evolving epidemiology. Initially described as endemic to the Ohio and Mississippi river valleys, the infection now regularly occurs in central and eastern United States, with cases reported across the entire country. Transmission happens via inhalation of conidia during activities that disturb fungal hyphae.

A new technique of alveolar bone augmentation: "Pack into Bone". A retrospective case-series study.

Purpose: To provide an overview of an innovative surgical approach to guided bone regeneration, the Pack Into Bone (PIB) technique.

Methods: Twenty subjects, eight men and 12 women, aged 34 to 68 (mean 51.5) were selected.

Bone into Bone technique: An alternative to horizontal bone regeneration techniques. Retrospective case-control study.

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of lateral ridge augmentation (LRA) of porcine cortical barriers when placed in a surgical bone gap, buccal to the defect, using the Bone into Bone (BiB) technique compared to a guided bone regeneration (GBR) technique.

Methods: The study was a retrospective case-control evaluation. A group of 23 subjects (test) underwent horizontal augmentation procedures using the BiB technique.

Closure of oroantral communications using heterologous biomaterials stabilized by porcine cortical lamina: A case series.

Purpose: To describe a surgical technique for oroantral communication closure and bone regeneration that can meet the needs of an effective, less invasive, and simpler surgery using approaches and biomaterials used in guided bone regeneration (GBR) techniques. The main objective was to close the communication, and the secondary was to achieve bone regeneration.

Methods: This retrospective and monocentric case series was conducted using data obtained from the medical records of 28 patients with oroantral communications with bone deficits greater than 3 mm and treated with heterologous cortico-cancellous graft covered with resorbable collagen membranes and heterologous cortical lamina.

Closure of small oroantral communications using heterologous biomaterials: A case series.

Purpose: To provide a surgical strategy for small oroantral communication closure and bone regeneration that can meet the needs of an effective, less invasive, and simpler operation by utilizing procedures and biomaterials commonly employed in guided bone regeneration techniques. The primary goal was to close the communication, while the second aim was to achieve bone regeneration.

Methods: This retrospective and monocentric case series was conducted using data from the medical records of 12 subjects with oroantral communications and bone deficits greater than 3 mm who were treated with a heterologous cortico-cancellous graft covered in resorbable collagen membranes.