Dental Implantology Update articles from February 2006

Dental Implantology Update archives from February 2006

Dental implant dentistry development, cost, and implications for clinical and practice management.
February 1, 2006... Mark Adams, DDS, MS, is a dentist specializing in cosmetic, reconstructive, and implant dentistry. Over the past 10 years he has trained a large number of dentists both in the United States and in Europe. When it comes to implant dentistry, he...

Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants: Zygomatic implants using the sinus slot technique: Clinical report of a patient series.(Reprint)
February 1, 2006... The management of five patients with extreme maxillary atrophy and treatment consisting of maxillary fixed prostheses supported by conventional implants and zygomatic fixations positioned according to the sinus slot technique is reported. ...

J Oral Maxillofac Surg: The clinical significance of sinus membrane perforation during augmentation of the maxillary sinus.(Reprint)
February 1, 2006... Augmentation of the maxillary sinus floor is a well-documented technique and is generally accepted as a pure implantology procedure to facilitate placement of dental implants in the posterior atrophic maxilla. The objective of this report was...

Mund Kiefer Gesichtschir: Microbiological study on the prognosis of immediate implant and periodontal disease.(Reprint)
February 1, 2006... The aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of periodontal marker organisms and specific interleukin-1 (IL-1) gene polymorphisms (which show a close association with periodontitis) and their effect on the success of immediate...

Clin Oral Implants Res: Rehabilitation with dental prosthesis can increase cerebral regional blood volume.(Reprint)
February 1, 2006... Treatment with denture for edentulous people is highly important for maintaining quality of life. However, its effect on the brain is unknown. In this experimental study, the investigators hypothesized that dental prosthesis can recover not...

Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal: Morbidity of third molar extraction in patients between 12 and 18 years of age.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2006... An analysis is made of the incidence of complications following third molar surgical extraction in patients ages 12-18. A retrospective study was conducted of 390 surgical extractions of upper and lower third molars in 173 patients operated...

World J Orthod: The congenitally missing maxillary lateral incisor. Part 1: Esthetic judgment of treatment options.(Reprint)
February 1, 2006... The aim of this study was to determine how general dentists, orthodontists, combined dental specialists, and laypeople judged the relative attractiveness of a series of photographs of teeth that included cases with congenitally missing incisors...

Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants: Survival estimates and risk factors for failure with 6 x 5.7-mm implants.(Reprint)
February 1, 2006... Short dental implants facilitate prosthetic restoration in the setting of limited alveolar bone height. The study objectives were to 1) estimate the one-year survival of Bicon 6 x 5.7 mm implants; 2) compare the one-year survival of 6 x 5.7 mm...