Dental Implantology Update articles from June 2007

Dental Implantology Update archives from June 2007

Dental implant imaging: TeraRecon's Dental 3D Cone Beam Computed Tomography System.
June 1, 2007... Successful oral implantation often depends on the proper preoperative treatment planning, during which the appropriate radiographic evaluations of the edentulous ridge and potential implant site are made. More than six years ago, the American...

Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants: Augmentation of the posterior atrophic edentulous maxilla with implants placed in the ulna: A prospective single-blind controlled clinical trial.(Reprint)
June 1, 2007... The purpose of this study was to evaluate a new method to treat the posterior atrophic edentulous maxilla: dental implants placed in the ulna and transplanted with their surrounding bone blocks as inlays into the sinus. Conventional sinus...

J Periodontol: Cortical bone thickness in dentate and edentulous human cadavers.(Reprint)
June 1, 2007... A critical component of treatment planning in dental implant therapy is the amount of available bone. Thick cortical plates have been the primary way to achieve primary implant stability. However, information about cortical bone thickness in...

Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants: A retrospective evaluation of a treatment protocol for dental implant periapical lesions: Long-term results of 39 implant apicoectomies.(Reprint)
June 1, 2007... The goal of this study was to evaluate retrospectively the efficacy of a treatment modality for a lesion at the apical portion of a nonmobile dental implant. All patients were treated with an intraoral treatment approach. A flap was...

Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants: Midline mandibular deformation during nonmasticatory functional movements in edentulous subjects with dental implants.(Reprint)
June 1, 2007... Mandibular deformation during function in patients with implant-supported prostheses is associated with increased strain at the bone-implant interface when dental implants are connected by a relatively rigid superstructure. Although there is a...

Int J Dent Hyg: Comparison of manual versus sonic and ultrasonic toothbrushes: A review.(Reprint)
June 1, 2007... This review of the literature evaluated the effect of brushes with high frequency motion when compared with manual toothbrushes regarding the indices of plaque and gingival bleeding. Patients presenting gingivitis and/or chronic...

Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants: Bone density assessments of dental implant sites: 3. Bone quality evaluation during osteotomy and implant placement.(Reprint)
June 1, 2007... In previous publications of this series of studies on human cadaver jaws, bone densities were assessed and compared using subjective evaluation, conventional computed tomography (CT), and cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT). The aim of this...

J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater: Mechanical basis for bone retention around dental implants.(Reprint)
June 1, 2007... This study, analytically, through finite element analysis, predicts the minimization of crestal bone stress resulting from implant collar surface treatment. A tapered dental implant design with (LL) and without (control, C) laser...

Eur J Oral Sci: Inhibition of tooth movement by osteoprotegerin vs. pamidronate under conditions of constant orthodontic force.(Reprint)
June 1, 2007... The undesired movement of anchor teeth and relapse of previously moved teeth are major clinical problems in orthodontics. Dental implants are increasingly used to preserve anchorage, but these are costly and require invasive surgical...

Cochrane Database Syst Rev: Interventions for replacing missing teeth: Different times for loading dental implants.(Reprint)
June 1, 2007... Osseointegrated dental implants are conventionally kept load-free during the healing period. It would be beneficial if the healing period could be shortened without jeopardizing implant success. Nowadays immediately and early loaded implants...