Vertical Mouth Opening Requirements for CAD/CAM Fully Guided Implant Surgery: An Analysis of Different Implant Systems.

Purpose: To determine the vertical space required for implant osteotomy preparation when utilizing a CAD/CAM fully guided surgical template.

Materials And Methods: A total of 14 surgical osteotomy drills (individual and sequential drills) were collected and measured individually using a digital caliper, as well as the total length when the drills were positioned in a surgical handpiece. The height of the surgical guide sleeves and the offset of 14 implant systems in the market were also collected.

Facial Contour Preservation of Anterior Immediate Single-Tooth Replacement With the Socket Shield Technique Versus Connective Tissue Graft: A Case Report.

The socket shield technique and subepithelial connective tissue graft following immediate implant placement with provisionalization had been advocated for peri-implant facial contour and gingival architecture preservation. This case report used three-dimensional volumetric analysis to longitudinally assess the peri-implant facial contour change before and after these procedures. The results demonstrated comparable and acceptable preservation of peri-implant facial contour between the two procedures after 2 years of function.

Inter-implant Papilla Changes Following Anterior Immediate Tooth Replacement with Socket Shields: A 1- to 10-Year Retrospective Study.

This retrospective study investigates the efficacy of the socket shield (SS) in preserving inter-implant papilla and bone in anterior adjacent implant sites. Clinical and radiographic records of 23 patients were evaluated. A total of 31 implants were placed immediately into extraction sockets with SS, resulting in 26 inter-implant sites, and 7 implants were placed without SS.

Management of Root Sensitivity following Socket Shield Technique with Anterior Single Immediate Implant Placement and Provisionalization.

Maintaining facial soft tissue contour and inter-implant papilla are challenging for implants in the esthetic zone. To counteract the inevitable hard and soft tissue changes after tooth extraction, the socket shield technique (SST) has been advocated as means to maintain the facial and/or interproximal osseous and gingival architecture. Because SST is a technique-sensitive procedure, various complications related to SST have been reported.

Heat and Sound Generation During Implant Osteotomy When Using Different Types of Drills in Artificial and Bovine Bone Blocks.

The purpose of this study was to compare heat and sound generated during implant osteotomy when different types of drill were used in artificial bone and bovine bone blocks. A total of 80 implant osteotomies were formed using 4 implant drilling systems: N1 (OsseoShaper) (Nobel), NobelActive (Nobel), V3 (MIS), and BLX (Straumann) in both artificial bone and bovine bone blocks. Thermocouple probes were used to record temperature change at the depths of 5.