Dental Implantology Update articles from April 2006

Dental Implantology Update archives from April 2006

XCPT[R] (accept) software: the future of case-analysis and patient acceptance of treatment planning.
April 1, 2006... Patient satisfaction with dental implants should be an essential element of all practicing clinicians' diagnoses and treatment plans; (1,2) therefore, Nolen L. Levine, DDS, recommends the addition of XCPT[R] software to implantologists'...

Int J Periodontics Restorative Dent: Further data on the predictability of the indirect sinus elevation procedure used with short, sintered, porous-surfaced dental implants.(Reprint)
April 1, 2006... The object of this report was to provide further data supporting the use of short (primarily 7 mm) dental implants with a sintered, porous-surface geometry to treat the posterior maxilla using the indirect, osteotome-mediated, localized sinus...

J Biomed Mater Res A: Cyto-and histocompatibility of multilayered DNA-coatings on titanium.(Reprint)
April 1, 2006... The aim of this study was to assess the in vitro cyto- and in vivo histocompatibility of multilayered DNA-coatings generated using the electrostatic self-assembly technique, with poly-D-lysine or poly(allylamine hydrochloride) as the cationic...

Compend Contin Educ Dent: Multiclinic evaluation using mini-dental implants for long-term denture stabilization: a preliminary biometric evaluation.(Reprint)
April 1, 2006... Mini-dental implants (approximately 1.8-2.4 mm in diameter) can provide immediate stabilization of a dental prosthetic appliance after a minimally invasive procedure. Furthermore, mini-implants can be used in cases where traditional implants...

Dentomaxillofac Radiol: Conventional radiographs vs digitized radiographs: image quality assessment.(Reprint)
April 1, 2006... The aim of this study was to compare image quality characteristics of conventional radiographs and their digital counterparts. One hundred conventional radiographs (E-speed) were used for the evaluation of density and contrast. The...

Implant Dent: Inter-examiner and intra-examiner reliability of the measurement of marginal bone loss around oral implants.(Reprint)
April 1, 2006... The purpose of this study was to test whether a handheld magnifier could be used as an accurate instrument to examine the periapical radiographs and measure the marginal bone levels around dental implants system. A radiologic evaluation of...

J Mater Sci Mater Med: Physical and biological characterizations of a novel multiphase anodic spark deposition coating to enhance implant osseointegration.(Reprint)
April 1, 2006... The present study assessed in vitro the short-term cellular response to surface physico-chemical properties of a new, purposed bioactive surface treatment called BioSpark[TM] performed on simply machined and on sand-blasted titanium. ...

J Oral Implantol: Minimally invasive antral membrane balloon elevation followed by maxillary bone augmentation and implant fixation.(Reprint)
April 1, 2006... The objective of this study was to assess the safety and efficacy of minimally invasive antral membrane balloon elevation (MIAMBE) followed by bone augmentation and implant fixation (executed during the same procedure). Alveolar crest...

Biomed Mater Eng: Effect of a thin HA coating on the stress/strain distribution in bone around dental implants using three-dimensional finite element analysis.(Reprint)
April 1, 2006... Three-dimensional finite element analysis was performed for thin hydroxyapatite (HA) coated and titanium dental implants to study the effects on stress/strain distribution in the mandible with application of axial and oblique loads. The...

J Biomed Mater Res A: Enhanced osteogenic promotion around dental implants with synthetic binding motif mimicking bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)-2.(Reprint)
April 1, 2006... Synthetic receptor-binding motif mimicking bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2) was covalently linked to titanium (Ti) surfaces through a chemical conjugation process. The composition and properties of surface-modified Ti were investigated by...

J Periodontol: The effect of combination of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 and basic fibroblast growth factor or insulin-like growth factor-i on dental implant osseointegration by confocal laser scanning microscopy.(Reprint)
April 1, 2006... The healing period of bone-implant osseointegration usually varies from three to six months or even longer. This study aimed to investigate whether osseointegration of dental implants can be enhanced by the combination of growth factors. ...

J Periodontol: Long-term evaluation of hollow screw and hollow cylinder dental implants: clinical and radiographic results after 10 years.(Reprint)
April 1, 2006... In 1988, an implant manufacturer offered a new dental implant system, with a wide choice of hollow cylinder (HC) and hollow screw (HS) implants. The purpose of this retrospective study of HS and HC implants was to evaluate clinical and...

Int J Prosthodont: Resonance frequency analysis measurements of implants at placement surgery.(Reprint)
April 1, 2006... The knowledge of what levels of primary stability can be obtained in different jawbone regions and of what factors influence primary stability is limited. The objective of this study was to evaluate primary stability by resonance frequency...

J Oral Maxillofac Surg: Alveolar segmental "sandwich" osteotomies for posterior edentulous mandibular sites for dental implants.(Reprint)
April 1, 2006... The purpose of this retrospective study was to evaluate crestal stability of alveolar augmentation using an interpositional bone graft for dental implant restorations. Eight patients with 10 graft sites were followed from one to four years with...