A retrospective radiographic study on the effect of natural tooth-implant proximity and an introduction to the concept of a bone-loading platform switch.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of tooth-implant proximity using an implant system with a double platform shift that was designed to load bone coronal to the implant-abutment 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 single-tooth Bicon implant that had been placed adjacent to at least one natural tooth. Descriptive statistics and univariate and multivariate linear mixed-effects regression models, adjusted for multiple implants in the same patient, were utilized.

The effect of opposing structures, natural teeth vs. implants on crestal bone levels surrounding single-tooth implants.

Objectives: To evaluate the effect of opposing structures in crestal bone levels around single-tooth implants.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective cohort study design was conducted. Descriptive statistics, univariate and multifactor mixed-effects regression models, adjusted for multiple implants in the same patient were utilized to evaluate the effect of opposing structures in crestal bone levels after insertion of single-tooth replacements.

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.

The effect of implant size 5 × 8 mm on crestal bone levels around single-tooth implants.

Background: There is substantial evidence supporting the strain-induced biologic response of bone to mechanical load. Stress-related factors, such as implant size, have been associated with changes in crestal bone levels on dental implants. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of an implant size, specifically 5 mm wide × 8 mm long (5 × 8), on peri-implant bone levels.

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.

The effect of increased crown-to-implant ratio on single-tooth locking-taper implants.

Purpose: It has been proposed that increased crown heights lead to greater crestal stresses on dental implants, crestal bone loss, and other complications. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of increased crown-to-implant ratio (C/IR) on single-tooth implants.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted between July 2001 and August 2003.

A screwless and cementless technique for the restoration of single-tooth implants: a retrospective cohort study.

Purpose: The Integrated Abutment Crown (IAC) is a technique for the fabrication of single-tooth implant-supported crowns where the abutment and the crown are one unit. The abutment-crown complex is connected to the implant with a locking taper. This technique does not use cement to retain the crown or screws to retain the abutment.

The Integrated Abutment Crownt, a screwless and cementless restoration for single-tooth implants: a report on a new technique.

A technique is presented for the restoration of single-tooth, implant-supported crowns where the abutment and the crown material are chemomechanically bonded; therefore, there is no need for cement, and the implant and implant-abutment are connected with a screwless locking-taper. The clinical and laboratory procedures involved in the fabrication and insertion of the restoration are described in detail. This restoration offers the restorative dentist some advantages: excellent marginal adaptation with a cementless interface, a bacterially sealed implant-abutment connection, a crown material with a similar wear rate and hardness values of human enamel, a simple laboratory technique, and a reduced number of prosthetic components.

Evidence-based esthetic dentistry.

Evidence-based clinical practice integrates the best available evidence with clinical expertise. This article presents a clinical case scenario and, using a four-step, evidence-based approach, demonstrates how to (1) ask an evidence-based question; (2) search MEDLINE for the best evidence; (3) critically appraise the evidence; and (4) apply the evidence to the patient. The procedure is demonstrated with the sample question, Does bleaching of bonded porcelain veneers increase marginal leakage? A MEDLINE search strategy was developed for synonyms of the key words that best identify the problem, the intervention, and the outcome.