Maxillary Sinus Floor Elevation and Simultaneous Implant Installation via Osseodensification Drills: A Retrospective Analysis of Bone Gain in 72 Patients Followed for 6 Months.

: The aim of this retrospective study was to radiographically evaluate the endo-sinus bone gain (ESBG) following osseodensification procedures using CBCT and compare the results to more conventional sinus lifting techniques. : A total of 72 patients underwent crestal sinus floor elevation procedures and were provided with 102 implants with a sand-blasted and acid-etched surface with microthreads (Medentika Microcone Implants, Hugelsheim, Germany). Patients were divided into two groups; the osseodensification group (OD; = 36) and the osseodensified augmentation group (ODA; = 36).

Boron- and Boric Acid-Treated Titanium Implant Surfaces in Sheep Tibia: A Histologic, Histomorphometric and Mechanical Study.

The aim of this study was to compare the topographical, chemical and osseointegration characteristics of sandblasting and acid-etching (SLA) surfaces and dental implants treated by boron compounds. Titanium (Ti) disks (n = 20) were modified using boron (B) and boric acid (H3BO3) and then compared with the conventional SLA surface via surface topographic characterizations. Dental implants (3.

Prevalence and predictors of bruxism in two university clinic patient populations with dental implants: A cross-sectional analysis.

Objective: To analyze the prevalence, predictors, and prosthetic complications of bruxing patients with dental implants in two tertiary clinics in Istanbul, Turkey.

Methods: Patients with at least one dental implant and with a fixed prosthesis were examined for the evidence of probable bruxism. Factors that could be related to bruxism were analyzed in relation to patient-specific variables.

Oxytocin-loaded sustained-release hydrogel graft provides accelerated bone formation: An experimental rat study.

Restoration of the lost bone volume is one of the most deliberate issues in dentistry. Sustained-release microspherical oxytocin hormone in a poloxamer hydrogel scaffold combined with a mixture of β-tricalcium phosphate and hydroxyapatite (CP) may serve as a suitable bone graft. The aim of this study was to design and test a novel thermosensitive hydrogel graft incorporating oxytocin-loaded poly(d, l-lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) sustained-release microspheres and CP.

Accuracy of dental implant placement via dynamic navigation or the freehand method: A split-mouth randomized controlled clinical trial.

Objectives: The aim of this split-mouth randomized controlled clinical trial was to compare the deviations of planned and placed implants placed by the assistance of a micron tracker-based dynamic navigation device or freehand methods.

Material And Methods: A thermoplastic fiducial marker was adapted on the anterior teeth, and cone-beam computerized tomography was used for imaging. A minimum of one implant was planned for each side of the posterior maxilla, and the dynamic navigation device or freehand method was randomly used for surgical insertion.

Thermal oxidation and hydrofluoric acid treatment on the sandblasted implant surface: A histologic histomorphometric and biomechanical study.

Objectives: This study aimed to analyze and compare the topographical, chemical, and osseointegration characteristics of a sandblasted acid-etched surface (SLA group), a sandblasted thermally oxidized surface (SO group), and a surface chemically modified by hydrofluoric (HF) acid (SOF group).

Materials And Methods: Following the preparation and characterization of the relevant surfaces, 90 implants (30 for each group) were placed on the pelvic bone of six sheep. Resonance frequency analysis (RFA), insertion (ITV), removal torque value (RTV), and histomorphometric analyses (BIC%) were performed after three and 8 weeks of healing.

Combined effect of parathyroid hormone and strontium ranelate on bone healing in ovariectomized rats.

Objective: Parathyroid hormone (PTH) enhances bone healing. Strontium ranelate (SR) is an antiresorptive agent that increases bone formation. Reports about combined effects of PTH and SR on local bone regeneration in osteoporotic subjects are limited.

Vascular endothelial growth factor and biphasic calcium phosphate in the endosseous healing of femoral defects: An experimental rat study.

Background/purpose: The presence of adequate bone volume is a critical factor in rehabilitative dentistry. Despite the use of many promising alloplasts, success in stimulating bone formation has been limited, mostly due to poor local biological response. Growth factors have been introduced to stimulate angiogenesis and new bone formation.

The protective effects of different treatments on rat salivary glands after radiotherapy.

This study was aimed to evaluate the efficacy of treatment modalities for minimizing salivary gland damage caused by radiotherapy. Forty rats were divided into five groups. Group 1 had no irradiation or any treatment.

Evaluation of the autogenous bone block transfer for dental implant placement: Symphysal or ramus harvesting?

Background: The absence of sufficient bone volume is the most relevant problem in implant dentistry. Grafting from exogenous sources may provide a limited gain but exhibits poor performance in large bone defects. Autogenous bone block transfer (ABBT) from the mandibular symphysis and ramus has been used with varying rates of success.

Bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw and dental implants.

Bisphosphonate (BP) is one of the possible riskfactors in the osteonecrosis of the jaw (ON J). Surgical interventions during or after the course of treatment by using BPs may expose the patient under this risk. Animal studies, human studies, case reports, and systematic reviews are used to show the relationship between the use of bisphosphonates and dental implants.

Full Mouth Oral Rehabilitation by Maxillary Implant Supported Hybrid Denture Employing a Fiber Reinforced Material Instead of Conventional PMMA.

Many people have life-long problems with their dentures, such as difficulties with speaking and eating, loose denture, and sore mouth syndrome. The evolution of dental implant supported prosthesis gives these patients normal healthy life for their functional and esthetic advantages. This case report presents the fabrication of maxillary implant supported hybrid prosthesis by using Nanofilled Composite (NFC) material in teeth construction to rehabilitate a complete denture wearer patient.

A randomized clinical trial of an adjunct diode laser application for the nonsurgical treatment of peri-implantitis.

Objective: In this radiographic and microbiologic split-mouth clinical trial, efficacy of a diode laser as an adjunct to conventional scaling in the nonsurgical treatment of peri-implantitis was investigated.

Background Data: Eradication of pathogenic bacteria and infected sulcular epithelium presents a significant challenge in the nonsurgical treatment of peri-implantitis.

Materials And Methods: Ten patients (mean age, 55.

Implant positioning errors in freehand and computer-aided placement methods: a single-blind clinical comparative study.

Purpose: Simultaneous insertion of multiple implants may exhibit suboptimal positions, especially in edentulous jaws considered for a fixed restoration. The aim of this study was to compare the incidence of and confounding factors in implant positioning errors related to the use of freehand and computer-aided treatment methods.

Materials And Methods: A total of 353 implants were placed in 54 patients with at least one edentulous jaw using freehand and computer-aided methods involving 16 mucosa- and 12 bone-supported single- and multiple-type stereolithographic surgical guides.

Computer-assisted flapless implant placement reduces the incidence of surgery-related bacteremia.

Objective: Bacteremia--the access of bacterium to the bloodstream--may yield life-threatening complications. The aim of this study was to compare the incidence, duration, and type of bacterium leading to bacteremia with relation to conventional and computer-assisted flapless implant surgery.

Material And Methods: A total of 377 implants were placed in 68 edentulous jaws using the conventional (conventional group) or a computer-assisted stereolithographic (SLA) template-guided surgery technique (flapless group).

Effects of complete dentures on respiratory performance: spirometric evaluation.

Objectives: There is a lack of data regarding whether edentulous subjects should remove dentures during spirometric measurements or not. The purpose of this study is to determine influences of complete dentures on spirometric parameters in edentulous subjects.

Materials And Methods: A total of 46 complete denture wearers were included in this study.

Conventional multi-slice computed tomography (CT) and cone-beam CT (CBCT) for computer-assisted implant placement. Part I: relationship of radiographic gray density and implant stability.

Purpose: The relationship of conventional multi-slice computed tomography (CT)- and cone beam CT (CBCT)-based gray density values and the primary stability parameters of implants that were placed by stereolithographic surgical guides were analyzed in this study.

Materials And Methods: Eighteen edentulous jaws were randomly scanned by a CT (CT group) or a CBCT scanner (CBCT group) and radiographic gray density was measured from the planned implants. A total of 108 implants were placed, and primary stability parameters were measured by insertion torque value (ITV) and resonance frequency analysis (RFA).

Conventional multi-slice computed tomography (CT) and cone-beam CT (CBCT) for computer-aided implant placement. Part II: reliability of mucosa-supported stereolithographic guides.

Purpose: Deviations of implants that were placed by conventional computed tomography (CT)- or cone beam CT (CBCT)-derived mucosa-supported stereolithographic (SLA) surgical guides were analyzed in this study.

Materials And Methods: Eleven patients were randomly scanned by a multi-slice CT (CT group) or a CBCT scanner (CBCT group). A total of 108 implants were planned on the software and placed using SLA guides.

Stability, marginal bone loss and survival of standard and modified sand-blasted, acid-etched implants in bilateral edentulous spaces: a prospective 15-month evaluation.

Objectives: Chemical modification of the already proven sand-blasted and acid-etched (SLA) implant had increased its surface wettability and consequent early-term osseointegration characteristics. The aim of this clinical trial was to compare the stability changes, success, survival, peri-implant parameters and marginal bone loss (MBL) of the early-loaded standard (SLA) and modified sand-blasted, acid-etched (modSLA) implants.

Material And Methods: A total of 96 SLA and modSLA implants were placed in a bi-lateral, cross-arch position to the jaws of 22 patients.

Osseointegration and stability of a modified sand-blasted acid-etched implant: an experimental pilot study in sheep.

Objective: The aim of this pilot study was to compare the early-term osseointegration characteristics of standard (SLA) and modified sand-blasted and acid-etched (modSLA) implants in an experimental animal model.

Material And Methods: A total of 30 SLA and modSLA implants were placed to the tibiae of three sheep and the insertion torque value (ITV) and resonance frequency analysis (RFA) measurements were performed. RFA measurement was repeated on 3 and 6 weeks healed implants after which the animals were sacrificed for histomorphometric analysis.

Implant surgery using bone- and mucosa-supported stereolithographic guides in totally edentulous jaws: surgical and post-operative outcomes of computer-aided vs. standard techniques.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare the surgical and post-operative outcomes of a computer-aided implant surgery performed by bone- and mucosa-supported stereolithographic (SLA) guides against the standard technique.

Material And Methods: Multiple- and single-type SLA guides from two commercial manufacturers were produced and a total of 341 implants were placed to 52 patients using the standard technique (Control group), bone- (bone-supported guide [BSG] group) and mucosa-supported SLA guides (Flapless group) in 21, 16 and 15 patients, respectively. Surgical duration (min), number of analgesics (tablets) as well as hemorrhage, difficulty in mouth opening (or trismus) and other incidences were recorded.

Evaluation of 316 narrow diameter implants followed for 5-10 years: a clinical and radiographic retrospective study.

Objectives: Narrow diameter implants (NDIs; diameter >3.75 mm) are useful in replacement of missing incisor teeth and when the bucco-lingual width of the edentulous crest is insufficient. The present study evaluated the success and survival rates, peri-implant parameters, mechanical and prosthetic post-loading complications of NDIs followed over a 10-year period.

Shade matching performance of normal and color vision-deficient dental professionals with standard daylight and tungsten illuminants.

Statement Of Problem: The lighting conditions of the environment and visual deficiencies such as red-green color vision deficiency affect the clinical shade matching performance of dental professionals.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the shade matching performance of normal and color vision-deficient dental professionals with standard daylight and tungsten illuminants.

Material And Methods: Two sets of porcelain disc replicas of 16 shade guide tabs (VITA Lumin) were manufactured to exact L*a*b* values by using a colorimeter.

Accuracy of two stereolithographic guide systems for computer-aided implant placement: a computed tomography-based clinical comparative study.

Background: Stereolithographic surgical guides provide significant benefits during the simultaneous placement of multiple implants with regard to the final prosthetic plan. However, deviation from the planning poses a significant risk. Deviations of implants that were placed by bone-, tooth-, and mucosa-supported stereolithographic surgical guides were examined in this study.