Is Dental Implantation Indicated in Patients with Oral Mucosal Diseases

Is Dental Implantation Indicated in Patients with Oral Mucosal Diseases

Background/Aim: Dental implants are a reliable treatment choice for rehabilitation of healthy patients as well as subjects with several systemic conditions. Patients with oral mucosal diseases often exhibit oral mucosal fragility and dryness, erosions, blisters, ulcers or microstomia that complicate the use of removable dentures and emphasize the need for dental implants. The aim of the current...

Dental implants in patients with oral mucosal alterations: An update.

OBJECTIVE To determine whether a series of diseases of the oral mucosa - Sjögren syndrome, ectodermal dysplasia, epidermolysis bullosa and lichen planus - reduce the survival rate of dental implants. MATERIAL AND METHOD A Medline search was carried out using the key words: " Sjögren syndrome ", "ectodermal dysplasia ", "epidermolysis bullosa ", "lichen planus " and "dental implants ", includi...

Is Utilizing a Glucometer in the Dental Office Effective in Improving Diabetic Patients’ Oral Health?

Introdouction: Periodontal treatment could have a positive effect on diabetes control . In this study, the researchers evaluated the efficacy of utilizing glucometer devices to detect glycemic levels in dental offices on inducing motivation towards the oral health care of diabetic patients. Materials and methods: Eighty volunteer patients with moderate periodontitis were selected for participa...

Oral and Dental Diseases

Oral and Dental Diseases

Reference Book for Dental anid Medical Practitioners). By Hubert H. Stones, M.D., M.D.S., F.D.S.R.C.S.(Eng.). Third edition. (Pp. xiv + 1,019; figs. 959. lOOs.) Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone, 1954. IIIAT three editions of this book have been published in six years is a testimony to its popularity wvith the dental professionl; its claim to be a r-eferenice book to the medical practitioner needs...