Osteotome-Induced Blood Clot and Subsequent Bone Formation with the Use of Collagen Sponge for Integration of Single Dental Implants into the Atrophied Posterior Maxilla: A Retrospective Follow-Up of 36 Implants after 5 to 13 years.

Background: Atrophy of the posterior maxilla as a consequence of tooth loss and sinus pneumatization is a frequent condition encountered in the clinical practice. Prosthetic rehabilitation with implants in these patients often requires some kind of bone regeneration procedure to increase the bone volume.

Aim: The aim of the present retrospective study is to analyze the survival and success rates of a series of implants placed in the atrophic posterior maxilla with a transcrestal osteotome procedure, without placing a bone grafting material.

Factors Influencing Resonance Frequency Analysis (RFA) Measurements and 5-Year Survival of Neoss Dental Implants.

Background: Diagnostic instruments based on resonance frequency analysis (RFA) can be utilised to assess dental implant stability during treatment and follow-up.

Aim: The aim of the present study was to investigate the influence of patient- and implant-related factors on implant stability and the 5-year implant survival. In addition, the influence of stability (ISQ value) at placement and abutment connection on implant survival was evaluated.

Two different implant designs and impact of related drilling protocols on primary stability in different bone densities: an in vitro comparison study.

Purpose: To conduct an in vitro comparison study on the primary stability of two different clinically used dental implant designs.

Materials And Methods: Eighteen pairs of osteotomies were prepared in fresh bovine bone specimens. The control implant had a subtle tapering and was placed using straight drills.

Clinical outcomes of an osteotome technique and simultaneous placement of Neoss implants in the posterior maxilla.

Background: Insufficient bone volume often hamper placement of dental implants in the posterior maxilla.

Purpose: The aim of the present clinical study was to evaluate retrospectively the clinical outcome of implant placement in the resorbed posterior maxilla using an osteotome technique without adding any grafting material.

Materials And Methods: Twenty patients with 5 to 9 mm of residual alveolar bone height in the posterior maxilla received twenty-nine implants (Neoss Ltd.

A collagenated porcine bone substitute for augmentation at Neoss implant sites: a prospective 1-year multicenter case series study with histology.

Background: The presence of localized defects and/or small amounts of bone below the maxillary sinus is a common finding, which may compromise implant placement. There is therefore a need for predictable techniques for bone augmentation in such situations.

Purpose: The study aims to clinically and histologically evaluate a porcine bone (PB) substitute used for augmentation of the alveolar crest or the maxillary sinus floor prior to or in conjunction with implant placement.

Septal reshaping for exclusion of anteroseptal dyskinetic or akinetic areas.

Background: Our purpose is to describe a technique for exclusion of anteroseptal dyskinetic or akinetic areas.

Methods: From January to December 2002, 22 consecutive patients with myocardial infarction following left anterior descending artery occlusion underwent septal reshaping. All of them were admitted for dyspnea.