Efficacy of the Sausage Technique in Rebuilding the Crestal Buccal Bone Thickness: A Retrospective Analysis.

The goal was to evaluate the efficacy of the sausage technique in reconstructing the crestal buccal bone thickness, focusing on the distribution shape of the regenerated volume. Ten implants were placed in five patients with Cawood-Howell class IV defects. A cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) was executed at T0 (before surgery).

Rough Implants in Vertically Augmented Bone: A Retrospective Study with 4 to 15 Years of Follow-up.

Although vertical guided bone regeneration (v-GBR) is a popular technique for treating alveolar bone deficiency, there are no long-term studies analyzing the longevity and success of the results. This retrospective study analyzes the clinical and radiographic outcomes of oxidized implants placed after v-GBR, with a follow-up period of 4 to 15 years. The study considers 41 v-GBR patients receiving one or more dental implants between 2001 and 2013 (115 implants total).

Dense Polytetrafluoroethylene Membrane versus Titanium Mesh in Vertical Ridge Augmentation: Clinical and Histological Results of a Split-mouth Prospective Study.

Aim And Objective: The aim of the present split-mouth prospective study was to evaluate clinically and histologically the bone regeneration obtained following preprosthetic vertical bone augmentation performed with titanium-reinforced dense polytetrafluoroethylene membrane (d-PM) compared to titanium mesh (TM).

Materials And Methods: Healthy adult patients presenting with bilateral partial edentulism in the posterior mandible requiring vertical ridge augmentation for implant placement purposes were consecutively included. One side of the mandible was randomly assigned to the use of d-PM, the other to TM.

[Epidemiological study on the population resident in the neighbourhood of an incinerator in Tuscany Region (Central Italy)].

Objectives: to evaluate the health impact of the emissions of two waste incinerators located in the same area in Pietrasanta (Tuscany Region, Central Italy) at the border with the municipality of Camaiore, especially for diseases suggested in previous studies to be related to those emissions.

Design: epidemiological geographic study.

Setting And Participants: the study population was defined on the basis of residence in the two municipalities and in the areas characterized by Particulate Matter with diameter equal or less than 2.

A Clinical and Radiographic Retrospective Study on 223 Anodized Surface Implants with a 5- to 17-Year Follow-up.

The aim of this study is to evaluate the long-term performance of anodized surface implants placed in native bone and followed-up for up to 17 years. Success and survival rates, prevalence of peri-implantitis, and the correlation between the presence of peri-implantitis and other clinical and demographic variables were calculated. After a mean follow-up time of 10.

Bacterial Biofilm Morphology on a Failing Implant with an Oxidized Surface: A Scanning Electron Microscope Study.

This case report provided a unique opportunity to investigate the extent of microbiota infiltration on the oxidized implant surface that has been compromised by peri-implantitis. Scanning electron microscopic analysis confirmed the etiologic role of the bacteria on the loss of supporting structure and the difficulty in complete removal of bacterial infiltration on the implant surface. This case report emphasizes the need to perform definitive surface decontamination on failing dental implants prior to a regeneration procedure.

Long-Term Retrospective Evaluation of Dental Implants Placed in Resorbed Jaws Reconstructed With Appositional Fresh-Frozen Bone Allografts.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcome of fresh-frozen bone allografts in preprosthetic surgery for implant placement purposes.

Materials And Methods: The cohort comprised 45 patients treated with fresh-frozen bone block grafts and dental implants. Clinical and radiological evaluations were performed to evaluate the survival rate.

Effects of different abutment material and surgical insertion torque on the marginal adaptation of an internal conical interface: an in vitro study.

Purpose: To evaluate the marginal adaptation at implant-abutment connection of an implant featuring a conical (45° taper) internal hexagonal abutment with a connection depth of 2.5mm, comparing the performance of two identical abutments of different material (titanium grade-4 and Co-Cr-alloy).

Methods: Twenty implants (3.

A Four-Year Survival Rate Multicenter Prospective Clinical Study on 377 Implants: Correlations Between Implant Insertion Torque, Diameter, and Bone Quality.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the survival rate and incidence of prosthetic complications in 377 implants with a double octagon connection. Furthermore, the correlations among implant dimensions (diameter and length), bone quality, and insertion torque were investigated. A 4-year multicenter prospective clinical study was designed to evaluate the survival rate of 377 dental implants inserted in 189 patients between January 2004 and April 2010.

Peri-implant conditions around sintered porous-surfaced (SPS) implants. A 36-month prospective cohort study.

Objectives: The specific aim of this study was to assess sintered porous-surfaced (SPS) implant system from a biological point of view, through a prospective study of the health status and the evolution of the peri-implant tissues over time and analysis of the changes observed in the various peri-implant parameters.

Material And Methods: Hundred and fifty-one patients were treated consecutively from 2005 to 2007 using 280 SPS implants, which were restored with a single crown or a partial fixed denture. To accurately monitor the health and biological evolution of peri-implant soft and hard tissues, a number of clinical parameters were adopted, such as the modified Plaque Index (mPI), the modified sulcus Bleeding Index (mBI), Peri-implant Probing Depth (PPD), and Crestal Bone Level (CBL).

Esthetic integration between ceramic veneers and composite restorations: a case report.

The tooth structure preservation is the best way to postpone more invasive therapies. Especially in young patients more conservative techniques should be applied. Bonded porcelain veneers and even more the direct composite restorations, are the two therapeutic procedures that require the fewer sacrifice of dental tissue, finalized to the optimal recovery of aesthetic and functional outcome.

Efficacy of rituximab in severe and mild abdominal vasculitis in the course of mixed cryoglobulinemia.

Abdominal vasculitis represents a rare, but life-threatening manifestation in mixed cryoglobulinemic syndrome (MCsn), despite aggressive immunosuppressive treatments. Anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody, rituximab (RTX) has already been used with good results in MC in preliminary studies. No data have been provided, however, on the efficacy of RTX in gastrointestinal involvement of MCsn.