Unlabelled: In their stock form, some titanium provisional implant abutments are not ideally designed for use in immediate placement/immediate provisional restoration treatment. This is largely due to the apical flare design that applies excessive pressure to the peri-implant soft tissue complex and crestal bone. This appears to have the undesirable effect of increasing peri-implant bone resorption and severely impeding the potential for increases in gingival volume. This type of stock titanium abutment will therefore benefit significantly from recontouring. The subgingival portion of the abutment is recontoured from the flared stock shape to a straight or parallel design. This modification minimizes pressure on the surgical site and provides additional space around the subgingival portion of the provisional restoration, within which the gingiva has the potential to remodel and fill. This allows the potential formation of additional peri-implant gingival volume and a coronal maintenance or migration of the soft tissue complex. In order to minimize the "graying effect" of titanium abutments, the retentive portion is opaqued by the technician or clinician. These modifications will improve the potential outcomes for both the peri-implant gingiva and the provisional restoration.
Clinical Significance: Narrowing the emergence profile of implant abutments for use in immediate implant provisional restorations appears to allow for creation of greater peri-implant volume. Thus resulting in increased esthetic potential and predictability of the peri-implant gingiva.
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October 2024
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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Department of Animal Sciences, Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
Understanding the mechanisms of hypoblast development and its role in the implantation is critical for improving farm animal reproduction, but it is hampered by the lack of research models. Here we report that a chemical cocktail (FGF4, BMP4, IL-6, XAV939, and A83-01) enables de novo derivation and long-term culture of bovine extraembryonic endoderm cells (bXENs). Transcriptomic and epigenomic analyses confirmed the identity of bXENs and revealed that they are resemble hypoblast lineages of early bovine peri-implantation embryos.
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Private Practice, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
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Face Ahead® Surgicenter, Belgium and Ziekenhuis aan de Stroom, Campus GZA, B-2018, Antwerp, Belgium. Electronic address:
Objective: This expert opinion presents provisional guidelines for addressing complications associated with Additively Manufactured Subperiosteal Jaw Implants (AMSJI®) in patients with severe maxillary atrophy. AMSJI®'s custom design, supported by finite element analysis (FEA), allows precise placement that avoids critical anatomical structures and minimizes complications relative to alternative solutions.
Materials And Methods: Data were gathered through firsthand experiences, direct communications, two structured surveys and insights from international workgroup meetings.
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