The dental literature supports the many benefits of dental implant-supported prostheses for the fully edentulous arch.1 These benefits include increased chewing ability, bone preservation, sharpened phonetics, and an improved psychological outlook for an edentulous patient. Treatment planning for dental implants is a multidisciplinary process that takes into account many areas of dentistry and ...

Historically, predoctoral dental education programs have focused on the restoration of implants in the clinical environment; however, given the increase in dental implant therapy being performed by general dentists, the need to incorporate surgical implant training is becoming evident. This article describes a predoctoral surgical implant selective at the University of Texas Health Science Cent...

This case report describes placement of an implant in the posterior maxilla so as to avoid a pneumatized sinus and also to avoid the need for a sinus lift procedure. An 81-year-old woman presented with an edentulous span in the upper right posterior maxilla. She had been missing teeth in this area for many years, and there was a combination of resorption of the alveolar ridge and pneumatization...

Background and Objective: With the general population aging thus more patients developing bothersome erectile dysfunction, stress urinary incontinence overactive bladder, there will likely be a higher demand for three common interactive implants in urology, penile prosthesis, artificial sphincter (AUS) sacral neuromodulation (SNM). Further, prevalence of mild major neurocognitive disorders (als...

The goal of this study was to provide evidence to support simplified treatment of mandibular edentulism using denture fabrication and implant placement to circumvent the need for second-stage surgeries or prosthodontic superstructures. A 5-year prospective clinical trial is reported, which involved treatment of mandibular edentulism using the single-stage surgical placement of a TiOblast microt...

BACKGROUND Three-dimensional (3D) printing has numerous applications and has gained much interest in the medical world. The constantly improving quality of 3D-printing applications has contributed to their increased use on patients. This paper summarizes the literature on surgical 3D-printing applications used on patients, with a focus on reported clinical and economic outcomes. METHODS Three...

objectives : bone assessment is essential for diagnosis, treatment planning and prediction of prognosis of periodontal diseases. however, two-dimensional radiographic techniques have multiple limitations, mainly addressed by the introduction of three-dimensional imaging techniques such as cone beam computed tomography (cbct). this study aimed to assess the accuracy of cbct for detection of marg...

Guided implant surgery is not completely accurate when using computer-designed stereolithographic surgical guides. Complications are frequently reported when combining computer-guided flapless surgery with an immediately loaded prefabricated prosthesis. Achieving passive fit of a prefabricated prosthesis on the inserted implants the same day of the surgery can be difficult. The aim of this repo...

Published data shows that placement of Ankylos implants is a safe and predictable treatment in both jaws for indications such as: single-tooth restorations 1–11, , fixed partial/full prostheses 4, 30–32, 36, , and overdentures 4, 20–23, 50, . Moreover, there are published clinical results for implants immediately placed in extraction sockets 6, 7, 13–15, , in grafted sites 24, , and when using ...

Craniofacial implants have been shown to provide excellent stability and retention for auricular prosthodontic rehabilitation. The locations of implant placement are critical to achieve optimal prosthetic results. This article describes a procedure for fabricating a surgical template from a diagnostic wax-up of an ear without destroying the wax pattern. A full-contour template can assist in pro...