Willingness to use the Internet to seek information on HIV prevention and care among men who have sex with men in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Background: In Vietnam, men who have sex with men (MSM) are highly affected by HIV and need new targeted HIV prevention strategies.

Objectives: To assess the willingness to use the Internet to seek information on HIV prevention and care and associated factors among MSM in Ho Chi Minh City.

Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in 2012.

Bioabsorbable materials for guided bone regeneration prior to implant placement and 7-year follow-up: report of 14 cases.

Background: The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of a guided bone regeneration (GBR) procedure prior to implant placement and the long-term outcome of the inserted implants.

Methods: Prior to dental implant placement, GBR procedure was performed on 14 patients (mean age 48 years) using a synthetic hydroxyapatite (HA) spacer under a collagen membrane. After a mean healing period of 8 months, bone biopsies were obtained during the placement of 14 implants.

A multicenter report on 1,022 consecutively placed ITI implants: a 7-year longitudinal study.

The aim of this multicenter study was to evaluate cumulative success and survival rates of ITI implants after 7 years. A complete medical report was obtained for all 440 patients enrolled in this investigation, which involved 10 different private practices. The 1,022 consecutively placed implants were distributed between completely edentulous, partially edentulous, and single-tooth replacement cases.

Combined collagen membrane and hydroxyapatite/collagen chondroitin-sulfate spacer placement in the treatment of 2-wall intrabony defects in chronic adult and rapidly progressive periodontitis patients.

This study, confined to non-smokers, evaluated guided-tissue regeneration in deep 2-wall intrabony defects using a diphenylphosphorylazide-cross-linked bovine type I collagen membrane supported by a hydroxyapatite/collagen/chondroitin-sulfate spacer in 43 adult periodontitis (AP) and 14 rapidly progressive periodontitis (RPP) patients, no more than 1 defect being randomly selected for each patient. Before surgery and 6 months after surgery, plaque (PI) and sulcus bleeding (SBI) indices, probing pocket depths (PPD), gingival margin locations (GML) and probing attachment levels (PAL) were recorded. During the post-surgical period, the biomaterials were well tolerated in all patients and PI and SBI were kept at a low level.

Guided tissue regeneration using a collagen membrane in chronic adult and rapidly progressive periodontitis patients in the treatment of 3-wall intrabony defects.

This study, confined to non-smokers, evaluated guided tissue regeneration using a diphenylphosphorylazide-cross-linked bovine type I collagen membrane in deep 3-wall intrabony defects in 52 adult periodontitis (AP) and 16-rapidly progressive periodontitis (RPP) patients, previously treated for the acute phase of the disease, no more than one defect being randomly selected for each patient. Before surgery and 6 months after surgery, plaque (PI) and sulcus bleeding (SBI) indices, as well as probing pocket depths (PPD), gingival margin locations (GML) and probing attachment levels (PAL) were recorded. During the post-surgical period, the membranes were very well tolerated in all patients and PI and SBI were kept at a low level.