Dental Implantology Update articles from June 2003

Dental Implantology Update archives from June 2003

Benefits and protocols of oral sedation for implant surgery.
June 1, 2003... In spite of incredible achievements in dental care in the last several years, patients' fears of pain and discomfort keep a significant percentage of the population from seeking proper dental care. In addition to the near universal use of local...

Stereolithographic surgical templates for placement of dental implants in complex cases. (Clinically Significant Abstracts).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Int J Periodontics Restorative Dent 2003; 23:287-295. In recent years, dental implant rehabilitation has faced demands from prosthetic and aesthetic arenas that call for increasingly ideal outcomes, which require precise surgical planning...

The segmental ridge-split procedure. (Clinically Significant Abstracts).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... J Periodontol 2003;74:757-770. This report details surgical procedures for ridge expansion by means of splitting the crest of an edentulous ridge. Atrophic bony ridges present a unique challenge to the dental implant surgeon. In the past,...

Sinus augmentation bone grafts for the provision of dental implants: report of clinical outcome. (Clinically Significant Abstracts).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants 2003; 18:377-382. The aim of this study was to report the outcome of sinus augmentation surgery with autogenous bone grafting in routine dental implant practice. Twenty-seven sinus augmentation procedures...

Preservation of ridge dimensions following grafting with coral granules of 48 posttraumatic and post-extraction dento-alveolar defects. (Clinically Significant Abstracts).
June 1, 2003... Dent Traumatol 2003; 19:221-227. This prospective clinical analysis reports on the use of coral granules in alveolar ridge preservation procedures in a population of young, growing patients. The sample consisted of 21 patients, 12 females...

Immediate/early loading of dental implants: a report from the Sociedad Espanola de Implantes World Congress consensus meeting in Barcelona, Spain, 2002. (Clinically Significant Abstracts).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Clin Implant Dent Relat Res 2003; 5:57-60. Immediate/early loading protocols are becoming frequently used in implant dentistry, but the prerequisites for achieving good results and the limitations of such protocols are not fully known....

Predictable implant placement with a diagnostic/surgical template and advanced radiographic imaging. (Clinically Significant Abstracts).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... J Prosthet Dent 2003; 89:611-615. The technique described facilitates precise dental implant placement. A barium-coated template with external guide wires used in conjunction with a computed tomography scan and interactive software may...

Effect of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 in dehiscence defects with non-submerged immediate implants: an experimental study in Cynomolgus monkeys. (Clinically Significant Abstracts).
June 1, 2003... J Periodontol 2003; 74:648-657. Alveolar ridge aberrations commonly compromise optimal dental implant installation. To offset any variance between an aberrant alveolar ridge and prosthetic designs, bone augmentation procedures become...

A conical implant-abutment interface at the level of the marginal bone improves the distribution of stresses in the supporting bone. An axisymmetric finite element analysis. (Clinically Significant Abstracts).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Clin Oral Implants Res 2003; 14:286-293. It has been hypothesized that marginal bone resorption may result from microdamage accumulation in the bone. In light of this, a dental implant should be designed such that the peak stresses arising...

Implant-retained mandibular overdentures with immediate loading: A 3- to 8-year prospective study on 328 implants. (Clinically Significant Abstracts).
June 1, 2003... Clin Implant Dent Relat Res 2003; 5:29-38. The purpose of this study is to evaluate prospectively survival and success rates of implants placed in the interforaminal area of edentulous mandibles and immediately loaded with an...

Calendar.(Calendar)
June 1, 2003... * Hands-on Bone Grafting Workshop with Cadavers--Sept. 5-7, 2003, North Miami Beach, FL. For more information or to register, contact: Karen Saka, (305) 281-7125. * American Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons 85th Annual...