Assessment and aesthetic impact of a long-term vertical discrepancy between the single anterior maxillary implant-supported crown and adjacent teeth: A retrospective cross-sectional study.

Objectives: To assess the vertical discrepancy between implant-supported crowns and adjacent teeth in the maxillary anterior region at least 8 years after implant placement and to evaluate the influence of this discrepancy on the level of aesthetic awareness of patients.

Material And Methods: The sample consisted of 23 adult individuals evaluated at least 8 years after placement of an implant-supported central or lateral single tooth-fixed partial denture. Patients had their crowns delivered at a mean age of 47.

Optimization of Connective Tissue Graft Length by Graft Splitting: A Case Series.

Introduction: The aim of this case series was to assess the feasibility of a graft modification to increase its length when treating multiple adjacent gingival recessions with only one harvesting site at the palate and respecting the safety zone.

Case Series: Nineteen recessions were treated in four consecutive patients with a modified coronally advanced tunnel and a modified connective tissue graft. An 8-mm height connective tissue graft was harvested by the single-incision technique, the graft was split longitudinally, achieving 4-mm height and double the length.

Peri-implantitis management in a patient with erosive oral lichen planus. A case report.

Oral lichen planus did not seem to influence the peri-implant healing. Oral lesions with malignant potential can mimic peri-implantitis, and a biopsy should be performed in cases of progression or nonregression of the lesion after initial treatment.

Emphysema after Sinus Grafting: Importance of Patient's Information, Early Diagnosis, and Management.

The sinus elevation procedure is a safe and predictable technique that allows the placement of implants in atrophic posterior maxillae. However, some recommendations have to be followed by the patient to ensure reliable healing. It is particularly important to avoid inducing trauma in the region concerned and through the sinuses.

How many implants are necessary to stabilise an implant-supported maxillary overdenture?

Data sources Pubmed and EMBASE databases were searched from 2000 to 2017 and complemented by manual searching of the references of reviews and the full-text articles assessed for inclusion.Study selection The inclusion criteria were: (i) Randomised clinical trials (RCT), prospective or retrospective studies, and case series or case reports including at least ten totally edentulous patients rehabilitated with maxillary implant-supported overdenture; (ii) analysed one of the following outcomes: survival rate of the implants, survival rate of the overdenture and patient-reported results; (iii) had at least two years of follow-up; (iv) and were written in English language.Data extraction and synthesis The data extraction was performed by two independent reviewers.

Clinical and radiographic changes at tissue level implants with either a machined or a modified transmucosal neck surface: A 3-year multicentre randomized controlled proof-of-concept study.

Background: Surface modification may yield enhanced soft tissue adhesion to transmucosal titanium implant necks.

Aim: To evaluate and compare changes in soft tissues around implants with a modified hydrophilic sandblasted and acid-etched neck (mSLA; test) to those with a machined neck (M; control).

Materials And Methods: Implants with a diameter of 4.

No evidence to support benefit of 14-day courses of amoxicillin-plus-metronidazole as adjunct to non-surgical periodontal treatment at three months.

Data sources Databases including Embase, MEDLINE, The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and the WHO International Clinical Trial Register Platform were screened by two reviewers. A manual search has been performed in references from included articles and relevant reviews.Study selection Blinded, placebo-controlled, randomised clinical trials (RCTs) with a minimum follow-up of three months were included.

Osteotome Sinus Floor Elevation Without Grafting: A 10-Year Clinical and Cone-Beam Sinus Assessment.

Purpose: To evaluate the thickness of the sinus membrane in contact with implants inserted 10 years before using an augmentation procedure without grafting material, and to identify adverse events correlated with implant protrusion in the sinus.

Materials And Methods: Osteotome sinus floor elevations were performed without grafting material. The implants (Straumann AG, Basel, Switzerland) were placed simultaneously, all protruded into the sinus.

Unusual Etiology and Diagnosis of Oroantral Communication due to Late Implant Failure.

Oroantral communication (OAC) rarely occurs long after implant placement. The present report describes the rare etiology and the difficulty of the diagnosis of an uncommon OAC occurring 10 years after the implant placement in the posterior maxilla. The difficulty of the diagnosis lies in the absence of clinical symptoms of sinusitis and presence of multiunit prosthesis hiding implant failure.

Short implants placed with or without grafting into atrophic sinuses: the 5-year results of a prospective randomized controlled study.

Objectives: Over 5 years, (i) to evaluate the clinical efficiency of 8-mm implants placed with osteotome sinus floor elevation (OSFE) in extremely atrophic maxillae and (ii) to compare bone levels around implants placed with and without grafting.

Material And Methods: TE SLActive implants (Institut Straumann AG, Basel, Switzerland) were placed in sites with a residual bone height (RBH) of ≤4 mm. Before surgery, sinuses were randomized to receive anorganic bovine bone (control) or no graft (test).

Impact of Digital Panoramic Radiograph Magnification on Vertical Measurement Accuracy.

Objectives. The purpose of this panoramic radiography study was to assess the impact of image magnification on the accuracy of vertical measurements in the posterior mandible. Methods.

Osteotome Sinus Floor Elevation without Grafting: A 10-Year Prospective Study.

Background: Little is known about the long-term outcome of implants placed in the atrophic maxilla using osteotome sinus floor elevation (OSFE) without grafting.

Purpose: The study aims to evaluate the long-term efficiency of the procedure and stability of the peri-implant bone formed following implant placement without grafting into resorbed posterior maxilla.

Materials And Methods: Twenty-five implants (≤10 mm in length) were placed in 17 patients using OSFE without grafting.

Short Implants Placed with or without Grafting in Atrophic Sinuses: The 3-Year Results of a Prospective Randomized Controlled Study.

Background: The question whether a minimal maxillary residual bone height (RBH) allows the predictable use of osteotome sinus floor elevation (OSFE) remains unresolved.

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of short implants placed with OSFE in an RBH of ≤4 mm and to compare bone levels around implants placed with (control) or without (test) grafting after 3 years.

Materials And Methods: Eight-millimeter implants were placed by OSFE in sinuses randomized to receive anorganic bovine bone or no grafting material.

Paradigm shift in the management of the atrophic posterior maxilla.

When the posterior maxilla is atrophic, the reference standard of care would be to perform sinus augmentation with an autologous bone graft through the lateral approach and delayed implant placement. However, placement of short implants with the osteotome sinus floor elevation technique and without graft can be proposed for an efficient treatment of clinical cases with a maxillary residual bone height of 4 to 8 mm. The use of grafting material is recommended only when the residual bone height is ≤4 mm.

Osteotome sinus floor elevation procedure for first molar single-gap implant rehabilitation: a case series.

Introduction: This case series describes single implant rehabilitation in the maxillary first molar sites. It aims to show the surgical approaches carried out versus the residual bone height (RBH) and to evaluate implant success rate and bone anchorage height after 1 year.

Materials And Methods: Placement of 10-mm-long tapered bone level implants was carried out according to the RBH: when RBH ≥10 mm, standard implant placement; when 6 mm < RBH < 10 mm, osteotome sinus floor elevation procedure (OSFE) without graft; and, when RBH ≤6 mm, OSFE with graft.

Osteotome sinus floor elevation with and without grafting material in the severely atrophic maxilla. A 1-year prospective randomized controlled study.

Objectives: (1) To measure and compare endo-sinus bone levels around implants randomly placed with an osteotome sinus floor elevation (OSFE) procedure in grafted (control) and non-grafted (test) sinuses, (2) to evaluate the OSFE efficacy with short, tapered, and chemically modified hydrophilic surfaced implants in extremely atrophic maxillae, (3) to show that fused corticals may constitute a complication risk.

Material And Methods: The TE(®) SLActive 8 mm-long implants (Straumann AG) were placed using an OSFE procedure in 4 mm or less of bone height. Healing time before prosthetic rehabilitation was 10 weeks.

Osteotome sinus floor elevation technique without grafting: a 5-year prospective study.

Aim: To evaluate the long-term stability of peri-implant bone formation following implant placement without grafting into resorbed posterior maxillae.

Materials And Methods: Twenty-five implants of 10 mm were placed in 17 patients to rehabilitate atrophic maxillae by means of an osteotome sinus floor elevation (OSFE) procedure without grafting. Mean residual bone height was 5.

Osteotome sinus floor elevation technique without grafting material: 3-year results of a prospective pilot study.

Objective: In a prospective pilot study, short< or =10 mm ITI-SLA implants were placed in the resorbed posterior maxilla by means of an osteotome sinus floor elevation (OSFE) procedure without grafting material. This paper presents 3-year data assessing bone-level changes around implants.

Material And Methods: Twenty-five implants were placed in 17 patients to rehabilitate 16 molar and nine premolar sites.

Osteotome sinus floor elevation without grafting material: a 1-year prospective pilot study with ITI implants.

Objective: The aim of the present pilot study was to evaluate: (1) the predictability of an osteotome sinus floor elevation procedure with ITI-SLA implants without placing a bone grafting material, and (2) the possibility to gain bone height without filling the created space with a bone grafting material.

Material And Methods: Seventeen patients received 25 implants protruding in the sinus. Most implants (21/25) were 10 mm long, eight were inserted in type 2 bone, 12 in type 3 and five in type 4 bone.

A five-year life-table analysis on wide neck ITI implants with prosthetic evaluation and radiographic analysis: results from a private practice.

This paper reports a 5-year life-table analysis on wide neck (WN) ITI implants placed in a private practice. In 212 patients, 263 implants were placed in the posterior region; 97% rehabilitated the molar area. Implants in the mandible and in the maxilla were 61.