Implants Placed in Adolescents Followed for Up to 15.5 Years: A Retrospective Case Series.

Purpose: To evaluate the clinical outcomes of unsplinted implant-supported single crowns placed in adolescents, ages 10 to 19 years, and followed up from 5 to 15 years.

Materials And Methods: This retrospective case series evaluated the outcomes of implant-supported single crowns placed in adolescents between June 2002 and January 2015. The patients were treated with locking-taper connection implants under a two-stage rehabilitation technique.

Histological Analysis of an Implant Retrieved from a β-Tricalcium Phosphate Graft after 4 Years: A Case Study.

We describe the retrieval of a dental implant device that had been successfully osseointegrated for more than 4 years. After obtaining an informed patient consent, the device was retrieved for retreatment purposes from its position in a β-tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP) grafted sinus floor. The sinus floor augmentation, using β-TCP, had been performed in conjunction with the original implant placement, which in turn enabled the histological evaluation of specific regions of interest that were comprised of either grafted or native bone.

Prospective cohort study of dental implant success rate in patients with AIDS.

Background: Oral health care of patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) due to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a growing area of concern, taking into consideration the increased life expectancy of patients resulting from antiretroviral therapy. There is insufficient literature regarding the impact of dental implants in AIDS patients. This study investigated the long-term clinical outcome of implant placement in patients diagnosed with AIDS.

The survival of ultrashort locking-taper implants.

Purpose: To evaluate the performance of 5-mm-long implants.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted between January 2008 and December 2009. The sample was composed of patients who had received at least one 5-mm-wide, hydroxyapatite-coated Bicon implant.

Factors associated with crestal bone gain on single-tooth locking-taper implants: the effect of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.

Purpose: To identify factors associated with crestal bone gain around single-tooth implants.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted. More than 90 different local and systemic factors were documented.

Dentoalveolar reconstructive procedures as a risk factor for implant failure.

Purpose: Dentoalveolar reconstructive procedures (DRPs) are commonly used to enhance deficient implant recipient sites. It is unclear, however, if these procedures are independent risk factors for implant failure. The specific aim of this study was to assess the use of DRPs as a risk factor for implant failure.

Risk factors affecting dental implant survival.

Given the predictability of dental implant success, the attention of the scientific community is moving from descriptions of implant success toward a more detailed analysis of factors associated with implant failure. The purposes of this study were (1) to estimate the 1- and 5-year survival of Bicon dental implants and (2) to identify risk factors associated with implant failure in an objective, statistically valid manner. To address the research purposes, we used a retrospective cohort study design and a study sample composed of patients who had one or more implants placed.