Dental Implantology Update articles from October 2007

Dental Implantology Update archives from October 2007

Imaging modalities for dental implants: DEXIS digital radiography.
October 1, 2007... Successful oral implantation is highly dependent on proper preoperative treatment planning, and appropriate radiographic evaluation of the edentulous ridge and potential implant site(s) plays a key role. Additionally, modem imaging techniques...

Implant Dent: Effect on the amount of bone-implant contact when splinting immediate-loaded dental implants.(Reprint)
October 1, 2007... Much attention has been focused on the immediate or early loading of implants with or without splinting. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the contact rate between bones and implants, with or without splinting. Under general...

Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg: Prosthodontic rehabilitation of oral function in headneck cancer patients with dental implants placed simultaneously during ablative tumour surgery: An assessment of treatment outcomes and quality of life.(Reprint)(Clinical report)
October 1, 2007... The aim of this prospective study was to assess treatment outcome and impact on quality of life of prosthodontic rehabilitation with implant-retained prostheses in head-neck cancer patients. Fifty patients were evaluated by standardized...

Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod: Peri-implant bone reactions at delayed and immediately loaded implants: An experimental study.(Reprint)
October 1, 2007... The aim of this study was to compare the peri-implant bone reactions of implants subjected to immediate loading with those subjected to delayed loading. In six mongrel dogs, bilateral edentulated fiat alveolar ridges were created in the...

J Periodontol: Treatment of titanium dental implants with three piezoelectric ultrasonic scalers: An in vivo study.(Reprint)(Clinical report)
October 1, 2007... Dental implants require regular maintenance. It is crucial that the instrument used for maintenance be able to remove plaque and calculus from the implant surface effectively and efficiently, while causing minimal damage to its circumference....

J Periodontol: Analysis of the potential association of implant stability, laboratory, and image-based measures used to assess osteotomy sites: Early versus delayed loading.(Reprint)
October 1, 2007... During the assessments made at presurgical, surgical, and follow-up phases, the clinician may benefit from a wide array of clinical and/or image-based measures. Because analysis of the potential associations among the various measures could...

Clin Implant Dent Relat Res: Internal Sinus Anipulation (ISM) procedure: A technical report.(Reprint)
October 1, 2007... The sinus augmentation procedure has facilitated dental implant treatment in the posterior maxilla where there is insufficient bone for implant placement. A modified Caldwell-Luc, lateral window technique can be applied in most cases needing...

Clin Implant Dent Relat Res: Maxillary sinus augmentation using sinus membrane elevation and peripheral venous blood for implant-supported rehabilitation of the atrophic posterior maxilla: Case series.(Reprint)
October 1, 2007... Dental implants need appropriate bone volume for adequate stability in the rehabilitation after tooth loss. In the severely atrophic posterior maxilla, the clinical success of implant treatment sometimes requires a vertical ridge augmentation...

Clin Implant Dent Relat Res: The staggered installation of dental implants and its effect on bone stresses.(Reprint)
October 1, 2007... The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of offsetting the middle or peripheral implant on the compressive stress values in the crestal bone around the neck of the dental implant. Three finite element models describing three...

Ultraschall Med: Dental implantation: Ultrasound transmission velocity to evaluate critical bone quality-an animal model.(Reprint)
October 1, 2007... In dental implantology, preoperative evaluation of bone quality is an important aspect for the long-term success of the treatment. The insertion of implants into regions with a great portion of poorly mineralized cancellous bone, in particular,...

Implant Dent: Histomorphometric analyses of bone interface with titanium-aluminum-vanadium and hydroxyapatite-coated implants by biomimetic process.(Reprint)
October 1, 2007... The surface properties of dental implants have been considered directly related to the success of the osseointegrated interface. Hydroxyapatite (HA)-coated implants promote a bioactive surface because they facilitate cellular migration and bone...