OBJECTIVES This clinical trial aimed (1) to evaluate the predictability of the osteotome sinus floor elevation (OSFE) technique, (2) to study the influence of simultaneous grafting on the clinical success of placing dental implants in the posterior maxilla using OSFE and (3) to observe the bone changes in the elevated space with OSFE without grafting. MATERIAL AND METHODS Two hundred and eigh...

OBJECTIVE In a prospective pilot study, short< or =10 mm ITI-SLA implants were placed in the resorbed posterior maxilla by means of an osteotome sinus floor elevation (OSFE) procedure without grafting material. This paper presents 3-year data assessing bone-level changes around implants. MATERIAL AND METHODS Twenty-five implants were placed in 17 patients to rehabilitate 16 molar and nine pre...

Few reports are available on the posterior transfacet approach for the treatment of central calcified thoracic disk herniation (TDH). The objective of this study was to assess outcomes and complications in a consecutive series of patients with TDH who underwent posterior transfacet decompression and diskectomy with segmental instrumentation and fusion. The data for 27 patients (16 males and 11 ...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this prospective clinical trial was to evaluate the success implant rates during 24 months using OSFE procedure without grafting materials. STUDY DESIGN 42 adult patients (22 female, 15 male) were selected according to Nedir et al´s inclusion criteria of which 5 patients were excluded, due to periapical pathology in adjacent teeth (n=3) and treatment with bisphosphonates...

BACKGROUND Little is known about the long-term outcome of implants placed in the atrophic maxilla using osteotome sinus floor elevation (OSFE) without grafting. PURPOSE The study aims to evaluate the long-term efficiency of the procedure and stability of the peri-implant bone formed following implant placement without grafting into resorbed posterior maxilla. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-fi...

Continuous advancements in the field of implant dentistry have provided clinicians with various treatment options to facilitate the placement of dental implants in patients with vertical bone deficits in the posterior maxilla. Today, one of the most common ways to compensate for inadequate vertical bone height is to elevate the sinus floor by tenting of the schneiderian membrane by the implant ...

A prospective study was carried out on seven hundred and seventy five surgically removed third molars and the effects of operators, assistants, lingual flap elevation, bone removal, sectioning of tooth, the instruments used (bur, chisel and osteotome) and suturing were studied. All the procedures were done under general anaesthesia. The data was tested statistically by applying the chi-squared ...