Dental Implantology Update articles from September 2007

Dental Implantology Update archives from September 2007

Analyzing dental occlusion for implants: Tekscan's TScan [R] III.
September 1, 2007... Since the early 1990s, osseointegrated implants have demonstrated high rates of success due mainly to improved surgical protocols. As a result, restoration-related complications have increasingly become the focus of dental clinicians who wish...

J Craniofac Surg: Immediate loaded dental implants: Comparison between fixtures inserted in postextractive and healed bone sites.(Reprint)
September 1, 2007... In the last two decades, several investigators have reported immediate placement of dental implants into extraction sockets achieving excellent results with a two-stage surgical procedure. Recently, immediate loading (IL) has become an emerging...

Biomaterials: Combination of scaffold and adenovirus vectors expressing bone morphogenetic protein-7 for alveolar bone regeneration at dental implant defects.(Reprint)
September 1, 2007... The current rapid progression in tissue engineering and local gene delivery systems has enhanced applications of osseointegration in dental implants. In this study, porous chitosan/collagen scaffolds were prepared through a freeze-drying...

Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod: Assessment of bone density differences between conventional and bone-condensing techniques using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry and radiography.(Reprint)
September 1, 2007... In this study, dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) and periapical radiography were used to assess bone density differences after conventional and bone-condensing dental implant techniques. Single-tooth dental implants were placed by...

Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod: A review of the association between osteoporosis and alveolar ridge augmentation.(Reprint)
September 1, 2007... Because of increasing life expectancy and popularity of dental implants, surgeons face a larger number of osteoporotic patients who require bone augmentation. Relationship between low bone density/osteoporosis and bone graft success is still...

Clin Oral Implants Res: Optical phenomenon of peri-implant soft tissue. Part I. Spectrophotometric assessment of natural tooth gingiva and peri-implant mucosa.(Reprint)
September 1, 2007... The purpose of this study was to investigate the difference in optical appearance of the soft tissues labial to dental implants and to analyze the effects of titanium implant neck colors transmitted through the marginal mucosa. Fourteen...

Mund Kiefer Gesichtschir: Clinical and radiological results after augmentation procedures--a prospective study.(Reprint)(Clinical report)
September 1, 2007... The clinical follow-up of atrophic jaws treated with augmentation procedures and dental implants was demonstrated and evaluated over a period of five years. In total 50 patients (24 male and 26 female) from the department of maxillofacial...

Cochrane Database Syst Rev: Interventions for replacing missing teeth: 1-versus 2-stage implant placement.(Reprint)
September 1, 2007... Implants may be placed penetrating the oral mucosa (one-stage procedure) or can be completely buried under the oral mucosa (two-stage procedure) during the healing phase of the bone at the implant surface. With a two-stage procedure the risk of...