OBJECTIVES The aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of autogenous bone graft (ABG) and nano-crystalline hydroxyapatite (Ostim) in the management of human intrabony periodontal defects. STUDY DESIGN Twenty-four similar two and three wall intrabony periodontal defects with ≥5 mm probing depths and ≥3 mm depths of intrabony component in 12 healthy patients were selected. One def...

PURPOSE The purposes of this study were to assess the dentists' subjective satisfaction with the crestal approach sinus (CAS) kit, a device for maxillary sinus membrane elevation by the crestal approach using a special drilling system and hydraulic pressure, and to summarize the subjective satisfaction of dental implants placed after a sinus lift procedure with the CAS kit. METHODS Thirty den...

OBJECTIVE In the last decade, several investigators have reported that standard length implants (SLIs) have achieved excellent results but no report regarding SLIs (i.e. SLI, length=13 mm) inserted into alveolar bone sites previously augmented with frozen bone (FB) is available. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical outcome of SLIs inserted into alveolar bone sites previously augme...

Implants are well accepted as a means of dental rehabilitation. While integration success rates are high, crestal bone loss can occur, and it may not become apparent until stage II surgery and implant uncovering. The purpose of this study was to quantify the relationship between exposure of implants through the oral mucosa between stage I and stage II implant surgery and early changes in cresta...

PURPOSE To clinically evaluate immediate implant placement with simultaneous intentional retention of the buccal aspect of the root and to report longitudinal data on survival of implants placed with the use of this novel technique. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective case series of implants placed with the root-membrane technique in the maxillary anterior region of adult patients was condu...

Background and Aim: Intraosseous implants can be placed using three different techniques: immediate, early, and delayed. The aim of this study was to compare the changes in the marginal bone level around implants after immediate and delayed im-plant placement. Materials and Methods: In the present prospective cohort study, 26 implants were placed in 26 patients divided into two groups. In grou...

BACKGROUND A facial bone (<2 mm) overlying maxillary anterior teeth may be prone to resorptive processes after extraction and immediate implant placement. A thin bone contributes to risk of bone fenestration, dehiscence, and soft-tissue recession. This study measures the distance between the cemento-enamel junction (CEJ) and alveolar bone crest and the thickness of facial alveolar bone at point...

BACKGROUND Guided bone regeneration is considered an effective tool for gaining mineralized tissue either at exposed implant surface or in deficient alveolar ridge areas before implant placement. MATERIAL AND METHODS Customized casts obtained following impression taking at surgery and re-entry allowed for morphometric assessment of alveolar ridge alterations 6 months after one-stage augmentat...

The aim of this study was to conduct a literature review on the potential benefits with the use of Morse taper dental implant connections associated with small diameter platform switching abutments. A Medline bibliographical search (from 1961 to 2014) was carried out. The following search items were explored: "Bone loss and platform switching," "bone loss and implant-abutment joint," "bone reso...