Dental Implantology Update articles from January 2004

Dental Implantology Update archives from January 2004

Joy Millis' new vision for dental implant practice.(Interview)
January 1, 2004... When asked what kind of impact a change in vision has in a dental practice, Joy Millis answers, "They say that our success greatly depends on our ability to predict the future. Tom Peters said years ago that the best way to predict the future...

Satsangi A, Satsangi N, Glover R, et al. Osteoblast response to phospholipid modified titanium surface.(Clinically Significant Abstracts)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Biomaterials 2003; 24:4585-4589. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of different phospholipid coatings on osteoblast responses in vitro. Commercially available phospholipids (phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidyl-serine...

Raghoebar GM, Friberg B, Grunert I, et al. 3-year prospective multicenter study on one-stage implant surgery and early loading in the edentulous mandible.(Clinically Significant Abstracts)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Clin Implant Dent Relat Res 2003; 5:39-46. The long-term success rates achieved in dental implantology suggest that flexibility might exist within the various implant systems to a degree that an altered protocol (i.e., one-stage surgery and...

Garcia-Garcia A, Somoza-Martin M, Gandara-Vila P, et al. Alveolar distraction before insertion of dental implants in the posterior mandible.(Clinically Significant Abstracts)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2003; 41:376-379. This study investigated the efficacy of alveolar distraction for reducing crown height:implant length ratio in the posterior mandible. Ten alveolar distractions were done in seven patients. The...

Cheung LK, Leung AC Dental implants in reconstructed jaws: Implant longevity and peri-implant tissue outcomes.(Clinically Significant Abstracts)
January 1, 2004... J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2003; 61:1263-1274. The investigators conducted a clinical follow-up study based on 29 rehabilitated patients after oral tumor surgery, who received autogenous bone grafts from the ilium and endosseous implants (14...

Sbordone L, Bortolaia C. Oral microbial biofilms and plaque-related diseases: Microbial communities and their role in the shift from oral health to disease.(Clinically Significant Abstracts)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Clin Oral Investig 2003; 7:181-188. Many oral pathologies, such as dental caries, periodontal disease, and peri-implantitis are plaque-related. Dental plaque is a microbial biofilm formed by organisms tightly bound to a solid substrate and...

Delgado-Molina E, Tamarit-Borras M, Bernini-Aytes L, et al. Evaluation and comparison of 2 needle models in terms of blood aspiration during truncal block of the inferior alveolar nerve.(Clinically Significant Abstracts)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2003; 61:1011-1015. These investigators conducted a study to determine the possible differences in blood aspiration between two needles of the same length and external gauge but with different internal gauges during...

Castellon P, Potiket N, Soltys JL, et al. All-ceramic restorative system for esthetic implant-supported crowns: In vitro evaluations and clinical case report.(Clinically Significant Abstracts)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Compend Contin Educ Dent 2003; 24:673-676, 678, 680-683; quiz 684. Patient demands for improved aesthetics have prompted the development of all-ceramic restorative systems for dental implants, but material strength and restorative costs...

Tepper G, Haas R, Mailath G, et al. Representative marketing-oriented study on implants in the Austrian population. II. Implant acceptance, patient-perceived cost and patient satisfaction.(Clinically Significant Abstracts)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Clin Oral Implants Res 2003; 14:634-642. Oral implantology is an established subspecialty of restorative dental and oral surgery. While an extensive body of evidence on the fundamentals of osseointegration and associated factors has been...

Jayaraman M, Meyer U, Buhner M, et al. Influence of titanium surfaces on attachment of osteoblast-like cells in vitro.(Clinically Significant Abstracts)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Biomaterials 2004; 25:625-631. Implant surface topography influences osteoblastic proliferation, differentiation, and extracellular matrix protein expressions. Studies on preliminary interactions of osteoblast-like cells on implant...