Knowledge and attitude of dental students of Navi Mumbai on tobacco cessation counseling: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Due to the increasing awareness about the harmful effects of tobacco, quite a few tobacco users have shown interest in quitting. But, still there is lack of knowledge, lack of tobacco cessation support, and strong cultural habits which influence their inability to quit. Dentists are less likely to provide tobacco cessation advice and counseling and they feel inadequately prepared to provide tobacco cessation education to their patients as compared to physicians and other health professionals.

Alveolar ridge splitting for implant placement: a review of the procedure and report of 3 cases.

In long-standing edentulous cases, the alveolar bone generally demonstrates vertical and horizontal atrophy. Rehabilitating these patients with dental implants is difficult unless treatment is accompanied by some kind of augmentation procedures, all of which include specific disadvantages. One such technique, alveolar ridge splitting, is suitable only for enhancing ridge width.

Treatment of an early failing implant by guided bone regeneration using resorbable collagen membrane and bioactive glass.

Implant failure can be divided into early (prior to prosthetic treatment) or late (after prosthetic rehabilitation). Early failure is generally due to interference in the healing process after implant placement. Implants undergoing early failure will show progressive bone loss on radiographs during the healing period (4 to 6 weeks).