Immediate placement of dental implant into the fresh extraction socket has been an acceptable procedure for the past two decades. Commonly, immediate placement has been reserved for the single rooted anterior tooth and single or bi-rooted premolar tooth. To preserve the alveolar bone proper, particularly that of the labial and lingual plates of bone it is essential that the extraction should be...

BACKGROUND Reconstruction of craniofacial defects becomes complex when dental implants are included for functional rehabilitation. We describe a fully 3-dimensional (3D) digitally planned reconstruction of a mandible and immediate prosthetic loading with a fibula graft in a 2-step surgical approach. METHODS A 54-year-old man had development of osteoradionecrosis of the mandible. The resection...

In the 1960s and 1970s, implant-supported prostheses based on subperiosteal or blade implants had a poor reputation because of questionable clinical outcomes and lack of scientific documentation. The change to a scientifically sound discipline was initiated by the two scientific pioneers of modern implant dentistry, Professor P. I. Brånemark from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden and Profe...

CAD/CAM (Computer-aided design/Computer-aided manufacturing) dental implant surgical templates applied in the immediate implant surgery in esthetic area,is beneficial to acquire appropriate three-dimensional position,realize the transformation that from virtual plan to practical surgery, from traditional surgery depended on experience to digital and accurate surgery, improve predictability, acc...

Introduction: Among different non-invasive approaches for determining the stability of the implant within the bone is to use a dynamic device called Periotest®.It is designed to provide objective measurement of tooth mobility. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the stress transfer and stability in short and standard dental implants using Periotest®</sup...

background and aims. maintenance of interdental soft tissue and the need for aesthetics are increasingly recognized as important criteria for implant success. the aim of this prospective clinical study was to compare the peri-implant and prosthetic conditions for single-tooth implants, placed according to the immediate (im) and the delayed (de) placement protocols at 18-month follow-up examinat...