Management of symptomatic florid cemento-osseous dysplasia: Literature review and a case report.

Introduction: Cemento-osseous dysplasia is a jaw disorder characterized by a reactive process in which normal bone is replaced by connective tissue matrix. There are different Cemento-osseous dysplasia entities. The treatment of these lesions, once diagnosed by radiology, is not required because generally they are asymptomatic.

Sinus lift: 3 years follow up comparing autogenous bone block versus autogenous particulated grafts.

Background/purpose: The aim of this prospective randomized controlled clinical trial was to compare vertical bone gain and bone resorption after sinus graft procedures performed either with particulate or with autogenous bone block.

Material And Methods: Forty-one patients underwent sinus graft procedures with autogenous bone. They were randomly assigned to one group.

Flapless Versus Traditional Dental Implant Surgery: Long-Term Evaluation of Crestal Bone Resorption.

Purpose: The literature reports that flapless compared with traditional implant surgery can be associated with several advantages, including the maintenance of peri-implant hard tissues. This study investigated vertical bone resorption during long-term follow-up after implant placement with flapless versus traditional surgery.

Material And Methods: In this prospective, randomized controlled clinical trial, 40 patients underwent implant placement at the Maxillofacial Department Surgery of the Istituto Stomatologico Italiano Hospital in Milan, Italy.

Therapeutic efficacy of bromelain in impacted third molar surgery: a randomized controlled clinical study.

Objective: Bromelain is the name given to a family of proteolytic enzymes obtained from Ananas comosus, the pineapple plant. It is considered a potent anti-inflammatory and antiedematous substance. Surgery of impacted third molars in the outpatient setting is one of the procedures most often associated with postoperative pain and swelling.

[Piezoelectric surgery. An alternative method of minimally invasive surgery].

The piezoelectric surgery is an ultrasonic surgery which represents a novel and alternative method to the conventional hard and soft tissue management with rotating instruments in the oral district. The innovation of this technique is mainly due to three major characteristics: a) a micrometric cut of 60 mu to 200 mu, b) a selective cut which works on hard tissues but not on soft tissues, c) a relative blood free surgical field due to the air-water cavitation effect of the ultrasonic device. The final result of these characteristics is a definite clinical advantage with regard to the cut precision, the sparing of vital nervous soft tissues, the better visualisation of the surgical area.