Effect of implant design on preservation of marginal bone in the mandible.

Background: Implant design and surface may have an influence on the marginal bone response during immediate functional loading.

Aim: The purpose of this study was to radiographically study the effect of implant design on marginal bone preservation at immediately loaded implants used for prosthetic rehabilitation of the completely edentulous mandible.

Materials And Methods: A total of 39 patients, previously treated with five implants for support of a full-arch fixed bridge in the mandible, were included in the study.

A literature review on biomaterials in sinus augmentation procedures.

Background: Sinus augmentation is a common procedure to increase bone volume and allow for proper implant placement in the atrophic posterior maxilla. Although the patient's own bone is considered the best grafting material, various synthetic or bovine-derived alternatives are used to simplify the grafting procedure.

Purpose: The overall objective of this review was to assess the efficacy of different graft materials used in sinus augmentation procedures as demonstrated in animal studies.

Immediate loading in the completely edentulous mandible: technical procedure and clinical results up to 3 years of functional loading.

Objectives: This prospective mono-center study describes a clinical technique to provide dental implants with a temporary cross-arch cantilever bridge functionally loaded on the day of fixture insertion and discusses the 3-year follow-up of four to six machined surface Brånemark implants installed in the interforamina area.

Material And Methods: Ninety Brånemark implants were installed in 18 edentulous mandibles. Five patients were heavy smokers and one had Down syndrome.