BACKGROUND Today, one critical goal in implant placement is the achievement of optimal soft tissue integration. Reports thus far have demonstrated successful soft tissue preservation in delayed loaded implants placed in anterior jaws. The aim of this study was to histomorphometrically examine the soft tissues around immediately loaded implants placed in the macaque posterior mandible. METHODS...

AIM The aim of the current report is to illustrate an alternative technique for the treatment of oroantral fistula (OAF), using an autologous bone graft integrated by xenologous particulate bone graft. BACKGROUND Acute and chronic oroantral communications (OAC, OAF) can occur as a result of inadequate treatment. In fact surgical procedures into the maxillary posterior area can lead to inadver...

Research in implant dentistry has mainly focused on hard tissue integration with much less data available with regards to soft tissue integration involving epithelium and connective tissue. In the present study, the implantogingival junction of unloaded and loaded non-submerged titanium implants has been analyzed histometrically in the canine mandible. In 6 foxhounds, 69 implants were placed. D...

Although fluoride induces corrosion in titanium in an oral environment, the influence of protein on this corrosion remains to be clarified. The objective of this study was to investigate suppression of fluoride-induced corrosion of titanium where albumin was either present in a solution or where albumin was preadsorbed on titanium. Titanium dissolution in titanium specimens and surface characte...

There are very few reports on hypersensitivity reactions in association with titanium-based materials so that the existence of allergy to titanium is still put in question. We report on a patient in whom impaired fracture healing and eczema localized to the perioperative area developed upon titanium-based osteosynthesis. Patch testing gave no reactions to titanium nor to nickel, chromium, or co...

Back Cover: In article number 2200071, Kenneth Dalgarno and co-workers describe the reactive jet impingement bioprinting system as an effective strategy to deliver high cell concentrations directly onto metal surfaces with various topographies. Mesenchymal stromal cells are bioprinted in soft hydrogel matrices that provide extracellular matrix-like environment. The cell-laden hydrogels integrat...

Healing of soft tissues and improvement aesthetics have become major research objectives in implantology renewed the interest for ceramics implants. The aim this study was to evaluate pre-clinical performance screw-shaped sandblasted-etched implants processed from an innovative zirconia-based ceramic composite, comparison titanium. Twenty-four twenty-four titanium dental were tested a split-mou...

Titanium particles generated from orthopedic and dental implants are suspected to play an important role in peri-implant osteolysis. Elucidation of the mechanisms involved in the effects of titanium particles on osteolysis may provide methods for preventing osteolysis. Therefore, in the present study, we investigated the effect of titanium particles on osteoclast activity in vitro. We evaluated...

BACKGROUND The goal of the current study is to assess the difference in connective tissue adherence to laser microtextured versus machined titanium abutments. MATERIAL AND METHODS Six patients were selected and each of them received 2 implants, one combined with a laser treated abutment and one with a machined abutment. After three months, the abutments were retrieved together with their surr...

in this work, we define fuzzy soft ($fs$) matrices and theiroperations which are more functional to make theoretical studies inthe $fs$-set theory. we then define products of $fs$-matrices andstudy their properties. we finally construct a $fs$-$max$-$min$decision making method which can be successfully applied to theproblems that contain uncertainties.