Dental implants inserted in native bone: Cases series analyses.

Background: The concept of osseointegration, i.e., the direct anchorage of endosseous implants made of commercially pure or titanium alloy to the bone caused a breakthrough in oral rehabilitation.

Overdentures on implants placed in bone augmented with fresh frozen bone.

Aim: In the last decade several studies have been performed to evaluate the clinical outcome of one or two stage loaded implants supporting overdentures. Since fresh frozen bone (FFB) has an ever-increasing number of clinical applications and few reports are available on implants inserted into FFB, we performed a retrospective study on fixtures inserted in FFB and bearing overdentures.

Methods: In the period between December 2003 and December 2006, 17 patients (14 females and 3 males with a median age of about 56 years) were grafted and 60 implants inserted thereafter.

Fresh-frozen bone: case series of a new grafting material for sinus lift and immediate implants.

Statement Of The Problem: Although autologous bone is considered to be the gold standard grafting material, it needs to be harvested from patients, a process that can be off-putting and can lead to donor site morbidity. For this reason, homologous fresh-frozen bone (FFB) was used in the current study as an alternative graft material.

Purpose Of The Study: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of FFB as a grafting material in complex maxillary sinus lift with immediate implant insertion.

Effectiveness of fresh frozen and cryopreserved homologue iliac crest grafts used in sinus lifting: a comparative study.

In the last decade, several investigators have reported that autologous and homologous fresh frozen bones (FFB) are effective materials to restore alveolar ridges previous to insert dental implants. Recently we have used cryopreserved homologue grafts (CFFB). Here we reported a retrospective comparative study between implants inserted in FFB and CFFB evaluate their clinical outcome.

Reconstruction of severely atrophic jaws using homografts and simultaneous implant placement: a retrospective study.

In the past decade, several investigators have reported that implants inserted in autografts in the same operation (ie, simultaneously inserted implants [SIIs]) have achieved excellent results. However, no report regarding SIIs placed in fresh frozen bone (FFB) is available. Thus, the authors planned a retrospective study on a series of SIIs placed in homologue FFB (but not immediately loaded) to evaluate their clinical outcome.

Clinical outcome of narrow diameter implants inserted into allografts.

Objective: Narrow diameter implants (NDI) (i.e. diameter <3.

Implants inserted in fresh-frozen bone: a retrospective analysis of 88 implants loaded 4 months after insertion.

Objective: In the previous decade, several reports have been published regarding implants inserted in autografts, but none have analyzed implants inserted in fresh-frozen bone allografts. Thus, a retrospective study was planned to verify if 4-months' delay from grafting to implant insertion is a safe period before prosthetic rehabilitation of implants placed in fresh-frozen bone allografts.

Method And Materials: Between December 2003 and December 2006, 22 patients (10 women and 12 men with a median age of 51 years) underwent grafting with horizontal augmentation without membrane and 88 implants inserted thereafter.

Implants inserted into homografts bearing fixed restorations.

Purpose: In the last decade several studies have evaluated the clinical outcome of implants inserted into autografts and rehabilitated with fixed restorations in either one- or two-step surgical protocols. However, no study has investigated implants placed into homografts; thus, a case series analysis was performed to verify the clinical outcome of implants inserted into fresh frozen bone (FFB) and bearing fixed prosthetic restorations.

Materials And Methods: Fifty-eight patients underwent iliac crest homograft transplants and 238 implants were inserted.

A 2-year follow-up study on standard length implants inserted into alveolar bone sites augmented with homografts.

Objective: In the last decade, several investigators have reported that standard length implants (SLIs) have achieved excellent results but no report regarding SLIs (i.e. SLI, length=13 mm) inserted into alveolar bone sites previously augmented with frozen bone (FB) is available.

Mandibles grafted with fresh-frozen bone: an evaluation of implant outcome.

In the last decade several studies have been performed to evaluate the clinical outcome of implants inserted into grafted mandibles with autologous bone, but none is available on mandibles grafted with fresh-frozen bone. Thus, we planned a retrospective study on a series of implants inserted into homologue fresh-frozen bone to evaluate their clinical outcome. Twenty-one patients were operated on, 28 onlay grafts were inserted into the mandible, and 63 implants placed.

Retrospective study of standard-diameter implants inserted into allografts.

Purpose: In the last decade, several investigators reported that standard-diameter implants (SDIs) achieved excellent results. However, no report is available regarding SDIs inserted into fresh-frozen bone (FFB). We conducted a retrospective study on a series of SDIs (diameter, 3.

A retrospective study on 287 implants installed in resorbed maxillae grafted with fresh frozen allogenous bone.

Background: Several studies have been performed to evaluate the clinical outcome of implants inserted into maxillae grafted with autogenous bone but few reports have focused on maxillae grafted with fresh-frozen allogenous bone (FFAB).

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to retrospectively evaluate the clinical outcome of implants installed in resorbed maxillae augmented with FFAB.

Materials And Methods: A total of 69 patients whom had been treated with FFAB grafts to their maxillae and implant placement 4 to 6 months later were retrospectively evaluated.

Iliac crest fresh frozen homografts used in pre-prosthetic surgery: a retrospective study.

In the case of severe jaw atrophy several options are available to restore the alveolar crest. Aim of the present study was to evaluate the resorption over time of homologous fresh frozen bone used to restore the alveolar ridge. Specifically factors influencing (1) graft survival, (2) type, and (3) degree of bone resorption were evaluated.

Electronic dental anaesthesia for third inferior molar surgery.

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of Electronic Dental Anaesthesia (EDA) for third molar surgery.

Methods: Third molar extraction under regional anaesthesia (inferior alveolar and buccal nerve blocks) was performed in 2 groups of 30 patients each: group 1 = controls, group 2 = EDA treatment. Anxiety and pain level were reported by means of Visual Analogue Scale, postoperative pain description with the McGill Pain Questionnaire.