A new approach to the All-on-Four treatment concept using narrow platform NobelActive implants.

Although a number of approaches to implant-supported restoration of severely atrophic maxillae and mandibles have been developed, most of these treatments are costly and protracted. An exception is the All-on-Four concept, which uses only 4 implants to support an acrylic, screw-retained provisional prosthesis delivered on the day of implant placement, followed by a definitive prosthesis approximately 4 months later. After the introduction of a new implant design in 2008, a new protocol was developed for provisionally treating patients with severely atrophic jaws using the All-on-Four concept and 3.

Posttreatment quantification of patient experiences with full-arch implant treatment using a modification of the OHIP-14 questionnaire.

Patient well-being is always the goal of rehabilitation of edentulism; however, evaluations of treatment success often overlook the patient's subjective feelings about comfort, function, speech, social image, social inhibitions, psychological discomfort, and/or disabilities. The purpose of this study was to assess these patient responses using an oral health questionnaire. To assess such feelings, a self-administered 20-question multiple-choice patient-reported Edentulous Patient Impact Questionnaire was developed, based upon the previously validated Oral Health Impact Profile patient-assessment tool.

A single-center retrospective analysis of 1001 consecutively placed NobelActive implants.

This single-center retrospective study evaluated the survival rates of the NobelActive implant (Nobel Biocare AB, Gothenburg, Sweden) with a tapered body design. One thousand and one implants demonstrated a cumulative survival rate of 97.4% (97.

The all-on-four immediate function treatment concept with NobelActive implants: a retrospective study.

The All-on-Four treatment concept provides patients with an immediately loaded fixed prosthesis supported by 4 implants. This single-center retrospective study evaluated the concept while using the NobelActive implant (Nobel Biocare, Gothenburg, Sweden). Seven hundred eight implants placed in 165 subjects demonstrated a cumulative survival rate of 99.

A new atraumatic system for tooth removal and immediate implant restoration.

Methods for extracting teeth have remained remarkably static over the decades, with trauma to the surrounding tissues continuing to be a common occurrence. This article reviews the mechanisms involved in traditionally extracting teeth,and discusses a technological breakthrough that enables nonmolar intact teeth to be extracted mechanically and atraumatically. The benefits of using this technology include preservation of the adjacent papillae and underlying host bone, along with dramatically improved patient experiences.