Dental Implantology Update articles from January 2006

Dental Implantology Update archives from January 2006

The tapered groovy implant optimizes implant success in suboptimal clinical conditions.
January 1, 2006... As dental implants continue to grow in use and popularity, clinicians are under a certain degree of pressure to guarantee patients the most reliable implantation process possible. Since implant stability is an essential criterion of implant...

Clin Implant Dent Relat Res: Reconstruction of the severely resorbed maxilla with autogenous bone, platelet-rich plasma, and implants: 1-year results of a controlled prospective 5-year study.(Reprint)
January 1, 2006... Prosthetic treatment of the edentulous maxilla may require bone augmentation to enable placement and integration of dental implants. This constitutes a complex healing situation, and resorption of the grafted bone and failure of the implants...

Clin Implant Dent Relat Res: Histomorphometric evaluation of human sinus floor augmentation healing responses to placement of calcium phosphate or Ricinus communis polymer associated with autogenous bone.(Reprint)
January 1, 2006... Prosthetic rehabilitation of the posterior maxilla with dental implants is often difficult because of proximity to the maxillary sinus and insufficient bone height. The purpose of this study was to evaluate histomorphometrically two...

Pract Proced Aesthet Dent: Aesthetic versus surgical success of single dental implants: 1- to 9-year follow-up.(Reprint)
January 1, 2006... The authors examined the aesthetic and surgical success of a single dental implant in the anterior by studying 52 implants with a mean follow-up of 37.5 months. Marginal bone loss (MBL), aesthetic parameters, and examiners' satisfaction from...

Int J Prosthodont: The influence of early loading on bony crest height and stability: a pilot study.(Reprint)
January 1, 2006... The aim of this prospective pilot study was to investigate differences in changes in implant stability and crestal bone height between loaded and unloaded dental implants at four months after placement. In the test group, 20 implants were...

J Periodontol: A histopathologic investigation on the effects of electrical stimulation on periodontal tissue regeneration in experimental bony defects in dogs.(Reprint)
January 1, 2006... One endpoint of periodontal therapy is to regenerate the structure lost due to periodontal disease. In the periodontium, gingival epithelium is regenerated by oral epithelium. Underlying connective tissue, periodontal ligament, bone, and...

Clin Oral Implants Res: Human ex vivo bone tissue strains around immediately loaded implants supporting maxillary overdentures.(Reprint)
January 1, 2006... The goal of this study was to evaluate ex vivo bone tissue strains around maxillary implants supporting immediately loaded bar-retained overdentures. Ninety degree two-element rosette strain gauges were bonded on the labial bone of four...

Clin Oral Implants Res: Effect of three distinct treatments of titanium surface on osteoblast attachment, proliferation, and differentiation.(Reprint)
January 1, 2006... Cell-titanium interactions are crucial to the clinical success of bone and dental implants. The physico-chemical characteristics of the substrates surface influence osteoblast proliferation, differentiation, and activity as well. The osteoblast...

Clin Oral Implants Res: Comparison of osteoblast spreading on microstructured dental implant surfaces and cell behaviour in an explant model of osseointegration.(Reprint)
January 1, 2006... The objective of this investigation was to compare interactions between rat calvarial osteoblasts and titanium dental implants with different microstructured surfaces. Seven commercially available implants were used. Surfaces included...

J Oral Maxillofac Surg: De Novo Bone induction by recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rhBMP-2) in maxillary sinus floor augmentation.(Reprint)
January 1, 2006... This phase II study was designed to evaluate two concentrations of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rhBMP-2) for safety and efficacy in inducing adequate bone for endosseous dental implant in patients requiring staged maxillary...

Dent Mater J: Basic evaluation of cast joining for electroformed coping using multi-purpose alloys.(Reprint)
January 1, 2006... The purpose of this study was to evaluate the bonding interface and bonding strength of electroformed coping when cast joining was used with a multi-purpose alloy. The multi-purpose alloy was cast at a mold temperature of 700[degrees],...

J Periodontol: Immediate occlusal loading of double acid-etched surface titanium implants in 41 consecutive full-arch cases in the mandible and maxilla: six- to 74-month results.(Reprint)
January 1, 2006... Starting with a few implants immediately loaded with a bar overdenture in the mandible, the concept of immediate loading evolved to loading multiple implants in both the maxilla and mandible. In this investigation, 41 consecutive patients...

J Oral Maxillofac Surg: Alveolar width distraction osteogenesis for early implant placement.(Reprint)
January 1, 2006... Distraction osteogenesis for correction of horizontal alveolar width deficiency was performed for nine patients by using an alveolar crest widening device. Four prototypes were used during the course of the study until a final protocol was...