T reatment of patients with severe periodontal disease often involves complicated decisions concerning disease activity and prognosis of teeth with extensive attachment loss. Many factors, in addition to the periodontal status, contribute to the definitive treatment plan. The decision to extract or retain severely periodontally involved teeth is based on a combination of evaluating the disease ...

Objectives: Edentulous is the most common organ defects in the communities& shows the prevalence of this disability community's health. the World Health organization (WHO) recorded index periodically at intervals of a certain age as a determinant of oral health status has been recommended. the aim of this study was to radiographic evaluation of alveolar ridge height of maxillary and mandibular ...

PURPOSE The present material reports on prosthodontic complications in a trial of 51 patients with prostheses supported by single-stage implants over a period of 36 months. MATERIALS AND METHODS One hundred eighty-six single-stage implants were placed in 51 patients over a 3-year period in 2 carefully controlled prospective clinical trials. Nineteen of the patients (103 implants) were complet...

BACKGROUND To evaluate oral health related quality of life (OHQoL) in edentulous patients treated with immediately loaded implants in the maxilla. METHODS Fifty-one edentulous patients in two centers received six maxillary implants each were loaded within 24 h with provisional restoration. Definitive restoration was delivered 20-24 weeks later. OHQoL was evaluated preoperatively with the Oral...

To investigate whether there are differences in patients' denture satisfaction when an implant placed in the midline of the edentulous mandible is loaded either immediately or three months later, after second-stage surgery. One hundred and fifty-eight edentulous patients received a single implant in the midline of the mandible. After randomisation, it was loaded either immediately after implant...

PURPOSE The purposes of this study were to investigate the internal structure of the edentulous zygomatic bone, which provides anchorage for the zygomatic fixture, using micro-computed tomography, and to examine the relation between the internal structure of the edentulous zygomatic bone and the zygomaticus fixture. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-eight zygomatic bones of edentulous maxillae fro...

In forensic medicine, diagnosis of sex is the first step in the identification of human skulls. A first approximation is carried out via the qualitative analysis of a series of morphological indicators of sexual dimorphism. Classical studies (Krogman & Iscan, 1986) described 14 indicators for the diagnosis of sex with an accuracy of 90%, and one of these indicators is the shape of the palate. T...

BACKGROUND This study was performed to assess oral and nutritional status of nursing home residents in a region of Lower Saxony, Germany. The aim was to show potential associations between oral status (dentate or edentulous), further anamnestic factors (dementia, age, smoking) and the risk for malnutrition in this population. METHODS In this observational cross-sectional pilot study of reside...

Background: A minimum of four implants should be used in edentulous maxillae to anchor a dental prosthesis. A wide anterior/posterior distribution of the implants is advantageous. Besides bone grafting, short or tilted implants are used to achieve this in atrophic edentulous maxillae. The implants define a polygon that should be as large as possible. This study investigated the differences in t...