An ideal goal of oral-craniofacial dental reconstructive therapy is to establish treatment modalities that predictably restore functional tissues. One major area of focus has been in the area of dental materials with marked improvements in the design of materials used to restore teeth/periodontium/bone lost as a consequence of disease or disorders. With advances in understanding the cell and mo...

UNLABELLED The need for new dental tissue-replacement therapies is evident in recent reports which reveal startling statistics regarding the high incidence of tooth decay and tooth loss. Recent advances in the identification and characterization of dental stem cells, and in dental tissue-engineering strategies, suggest that bioengineering approaches may successfully be used to regenerate dental...

A number of treatment options, ranging from Maryland bridges to implants, are available for the replacement of congenitally or traumatically missing permanent anterior teeth. But, there are several limitations of these therapeutic options when they have to be used before the completion of the growth, particularly in children. Reinforcement of composite resins with polyethylene fibers significan...

UNLABELLED Numerous bonded bridge designs have been advocated over the years for the temporary or permanent replacement of missing teeth. Both metal and all-porcelain designs of bonded bridges have been advocated, with varying degrees of success. However, all of these designs involve some degree of tooth preparation, making them irreversible in nature. The Carolina bridge, a novel all-porcelain...

External inflammatory and replacement resorption are mainly caused when avulsed teeth are replanted following traumatic dental injury. Resorption may ultimately lead to loss of tooth. This situation is mainly common in young and adolescents but may affect elderly also. Loss of tooth might lead to psychological depression of a young patient. Prosthodontic rehabilitation should focus on immediate...

AIM To present the 14 year follow-up of a case in which an avulsed permanent maxillary central incisor was replaced by autotransplantation of a mandibular premolar. SUMMARY A mandibular premolar (Moorrees' stage 3) was transplanted into the space left by an avulsed permanent maxillary central incisor after a delay of 3 months. Recall examination 14 years after transplantation revealed a norma...

Dental implants for tooth replacement are the current standard of care for the replacement of missing teeth [1]. This is the result of 50 years of ongoing and continual research and development of new and improved surgical techniques and armamentarium. The long-term success of dental implants depends upon the degree of osseointegration that can be achieved [2-4], which is largely determined by ...

O ur interrelationships with patients and colleagues are greatly tested when treatment planning in the esthetic zone. Patients today seek quicker approaches for achieving tooth replacement and esthetic results.1 Achievement of osseointegration, however, does not always correlate to a successful esthetic outcome. Frequently there is a balancing act between the oral plastic reconstructive implant...