Dental Implantology Update articles from November 2003

Dental Implantology Update archives from November 2003

Preventive and interceptive prosthodontics: bridging the gap between restorative and implant dentistry.
November 1, 2003... The practice of preventive and interceptive prosthodontics can be considered the beginning of a new era of dentistry, according to John Davliakos, DDS, who maintains an active private practice of prosthodontics in Annapolis, MD. He and his team...

Schiroli G. immediate tooth extraction, placement of a tapered screw-vent implant, and provisionalization in the esthetic zone: A case report.(Clinically significant abstracts)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Implant Dent 2003; 12: 123-131. This clinical report describes an immediate tooth extraction, followed by placement and provisional restoration of a dental implant in the prepared socket of a right maxillary central incisor. The tooth...

Shimpuku H, Nosaka Y, Kawamura T, et al. Genetic polymorphisms of the interleukin-1 gene and early marginal bone loss around endosseous dental implants.(Clinically significant abstracts)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Clin Oral Implants Res 2003; 14:423-429. It generally is accepted that bone loss around implants does not occur at stage two surgery because implants do not receive mechanical loading. However, early marginal bone loss around implants...

Shibli JA, Martins MC, Lotufo RF, et al. Microbiologic and radiographic analysis of ligature-induced peri-implantitis with different dental implant surfaces.(Clinically significant abstracts)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants 2003; 18:383-390. The goal of this study was to evaluate microbiota and radiographic peri-implant bone loss associated with ligature-induced peri-implantitis. Thirty-six dental implants with four...